Post AtzMSvuqTVn55k6QFc by joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #Atz9n7iuz9g86Foxd2 by nixCraft@mastodon.social
       2025-05-11T11:03:06Z
       
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       Holy cow this is amazing. Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial: A combination shot would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against Covid and the flu at the same time https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/modernas-combo-covid-flu-mrna-shot-outperforms-current-vaccines-large-rcna205242#covid #science #health
       
 (DIR) Post #AtzLr0xjGQArjsN1qS by eriner@noauthority.social
       2025-05-11T15:30:35Z
       
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       @nixCraft Linux tips and news, brought to you by Moderna.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtzMQrxwBsD0GGZ5Ie by pmdj@mstdn.social
       2025-05-11T14:22:23Z
       
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       @nixCraft Early days, this is only based on serological data so far. The other issue I see with it is that the flu and Covid seasons don't necessarily overlap. Influenza is predictably a winter thing, Covid very much not: in 2024, most of Europe had its wave in late Summer, early Autumn. That's the worst possible timing if the vaccination is given every November or so, as the immunity tends to wane rapidly over the course of a few months.(But then vaccine uptake for either is terrible here so…)
       
 (DIR) Post #AtzMSHfC8HVKFcTMIq by kcheek@infosec.exchange
       2025-05-11T13:41:54Z
       
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       @nixCraft It is tragic that these kinds of amazing advances that clearly could save many lives and dramatically reduce costs/harm to society are being deliberately, cynically, cruelly, and corruptly delayed, suppressed, and demonized by those in power in the US and elsewhere.The evidence clearly supports the safety and efficacy of these vaccines. The people causing delays or denial of availability are evil and disgusting."The data is expected to be used to support Moderna’s application to the FDA for approval. Last week, Moderna said it doesn’t expect regulatory approval for its combination shot until 2026, after the agency said it required late-stage data showing the shot’s efficacy against the flu.""It’s unclear whether the agency’s new rule that all new vaccines will need to undergo placebo-controlled clinical trials to gain approval will apply to the combination shot. The FDA already delayed Novavax's Covid vaccine, requiring an additional clinical trial, and may impose the requirement for Pfizer’s and Moderna’s updated Covid vaccines for the fall.""Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, noted that mRNA vaccines are a particular target among anti-vaccine activists, and several states have introduced legislation that would ban them."“One of the things I’m concerned about, at least for the United States, is all the anti-vaccine sentiment, and this specific targeting of the mRNA vaccine platform by anti-vaccine activists,” he said.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtzMSvuqTVn55k6QFc by joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org
       2025-05-11T15:02:04Z
       
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       @nixCraft Will it be available to most Americans? Probably not... :(
       
 (DIR) Post #AtzMT2WHvDJ3ZbfPRg by mousey@mastodon.seattlematrix.org
       2025-05-11T15:27:07Z
       
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       @nixCraft Oh if only America had a Food & Drug Administration so it could get certified somehow.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtzMWxIBIdPOWDw4h6 by beforewisdom@veganism.social
       2025-05-11T15:36:21Z
       
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       @nixCraft  Americans in this thread may find this feed useful or interesting.Each Friday the total number of Americans killed by Covid 19 in the past weekis posted.Each Friday the total number of Americans killed by Covid 19 is posted.https://mastodon.social/@WeeklyAmericanPandemicDeaths
       
 (DIR) Post #AtzMYCeregIySs8mEy by geospacedman@mastodon.social
       2025-05-11T11:24:36Z
       
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       @nixCraft That's except for people living in Florida, Idaho.... https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/mahas-multiple-states-push-mrna-vaccine-ban/
       
 (DIR) Post #AtzMYSXebG2nj8tFDs by Extra_Special_Carbon@mastodon.world
       2025-05-11T11:55:31Z
       
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       @nixCraft I can’t wait untilI’m allowed to get it.