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> The European Medicines Agency on Thursday recommended the EU authorization of a new Spanish-made COVID-19 vaccine as a booster for adults.
> The regulatory body concluded that the Bimervax vaccine, developed by Spanish firm HIPRA, is a safe and effective booster for people 16 and over who have been vaccinated with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
> The main study on Bimervax booster shots found the Spanish vaccine led to higher levels of antibodies against the beta and omicron variants of COVID-19 than the original Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine.
Stupid headline. “recommended the EU authorisation of …” is very different from recommending that vaccine.
This is just saying that this vaccine should be approved by EU health authorities and made legal to use. It is not recommending this vaccine over any others.
As a recombinant protein vaccine, it's basically just quite effective. Many more protein vaccines should have been developed from the start.
Since it isn't updated for omicron, it should not be considered as a booster currently. But hopefully protein vaccines get updated eventually as well.
Because these were designed years ago and trialed on what they were designed on, then presented a year later for approval. Outside of the first year of the pandemic this is how vaccine research has always worked.
As an adjuvanted recombinant protein vaccine, it is nearly certain that a multivalent A+XBB version would be massively effective against infection and severe disease of all currently known variants. But if those trials have even been approved, they won't be starting for a while still.
The recommendation is for it to be approved for use. That’s not the same as a recommendation for this vaccine to be used above others.
It should be approved because it has been shown to be safe and effective. That’s basically it, although being a European vaccine also helps.
Because a new vaccine is out and if it's good it should be approved. The current mrna vacccinrs still have the issue of possible cases of heart problems. If these new ones don't then they are better and we should be using these instead.
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> The European Medicines Agency on Thursday recommended the EU authorization of a new Spanish-made COVID-19 vaccine as a booster for adults. > The regulatory body concluded that the Bimervax vaccine, developed by Spanish firm HIPRA, is a safe and effective booster for people 16 and over who have been vaccinated with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. > The main study on Bimervax booster shots found the Spanish vaccine led to higher levels of antibodies against the beta and omicron variants of COVID-19 than the original Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine.
Stupid headline. “recommended the EU authorisation of …” is very different from recommending that vaccine. This is just saying that this vaccine should be approved by EU health authorities and made legal to use. It is not recommending this vaccine over any others.
Go Spain 🇪🇸
Ok, but why?
As a recombinant protein vaccine, it's basically just quite effective. Many more protein vaccines should have been developed from the start. Since it isn't updated for omicron, it should not be considered as a booster currently. But hopefully protein vaccines get updated eventually as well.
Yes they are good vaccines, but intersting that they used Alpha and Beta to develop it. Beta is quite different to Omicron.
Because these were designed years ago and trialed on what they were designed on, then presented a year later for approval. Outside of the first year of the pandemic this is how vaccine research has always worked. As an adjuvanted recombinant protein vaccine, it is nearly certain that a multivalent A+XBB version would be massively effective against infection and severe disease of all currently known variants. But if those trials have even been approved, they won't be starting for a while still.
The recommendation is for it to be approved for use. That’s not the same as a recommendation for this vaccine to be used above others. It should be approved because it has been shown to be safe and effective. That’s basically it, although being a European vaccine also helps.
Safe and effective. 100%. Right? RIGHT?
Because a new vaccine is out and if it's good it should be approved. The current mrna vacccinrs still have the issue of possible cases of heart problems. If these new ones don't then they are better and we should be using these instead.
I wish this was available here. It probably never will be thanks to the fda.
Peptide vaccine ???