[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19 vaccine situation

[Hein RMS van den Heuvel]

On Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 4:41:09 PM UTC-4, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 3/31/21 1:56 PM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > On 2021-03-31, Hein RMS van den Heuvel <heinvand... at gmail.com> wrote: 
:
> >> The Netherlands had 400,000 doses available last week and only 250,000 takers. Stupid! 
> >> The AZ mis-information/scare surely played a role there. 
> >> 
> > 
> > Bloody hell. :-( 
> > 
> > I didn't know that things were that bad. :-(
> Meanwhile the AZ vaccine has still not been approved in the USA, the 
> latest kerfluffle being that an independent board thinks its efficacy 
> might only be 69%-74% rather than the 79% claimed by AZ after their US 
> trial. Note that even the lower end of that is still higher efficacy 
> than the J & J vaccine, which *has* been approved. I think we finally 
> gave some of our AZ stockpiles to Canada and Mexico.

Yup AZ was dumb presenting the overly optimistic numbers.
Specially because the lower number are still pretty good.
Most importantly - nobody died or got seriously ill after taking their vaccine. 
(It becomes that flue that some careles politician claimed it was all along. :-)

I fully agree with Simon C who wrote.

"For me, what I am looking for from a vaccine is to not die or to suffer
long-term health damage that stops me from doing the outdoor things I do."

Indeed! If I would have still ended up in sick bed for a week even after getting a first dose that would have been annoying... but no more.

Cheers,
Hein.