- Joined
- Jun 15, 2000
- Messages
- 90,056
- Location
- Centreback
- Caf Award
- Caf Lifetime Achievement Award 2020
Seriously, if this was a Russian or Chinese vaccine, we wouldn't be touching it with a barge pole.
I'm all for doing sub-sets of groups where we test it at different doses and intervals to see if there is some optimisation, but they need to be separate studies and not "serendipity".
The vaccine is 60% effective at the strength they have tested properly.
We aren't trusting of the Russian and Chinese vaccines because they weren't tested properly. If/when they are I'd happily take them.
And if they Oxford vaccine passes the usual regulatory hurdles I'll happily take them as it will be safe and effective - all that is left is clarifying the best dosing regime. A 60% effective vaccine is worth using and it sounds like they will exceed that.