I read somewhere in the last couple days that studies involving the Moderna vaccine are showing better success against the Delta variant than Pfizer. I think the percentages I saw were somewhere in the 70s for Moderna and somewhere in the 40s for Pfizer.
I read somewhere in the last couple days that studies involving the Moderna vaccine are showing better success against the Delta variant than Pfizer. I think the percentages I saw were somewhere in the 70s for Moderna and somewhere in the 40s for Pfizer.
Yeah I saw similar, Pfizer was originally 95% efficacy and dropped to 42% I think, while Moderna was originally 90% and dropped to 75% I think. Moderna's been doing MRNA since it's founding (hence the name, ModeRNA), while it's newer tech for Pfizer
Yeah I saw similar, Pfizer was originally 95% efficacy and dropped to 42% I think, while Moderna was originally 90% and dropped to 75% I think. Moderna's been doing MRNA since it's founding (hence the name, ModeRNA), while it's newer tech for Pfizer
So basically ADE wouldn't happen with the original virus, but the vaccines are less likely to neutralize Delta and in fact have a probability of causing ADE. They conclude there is a way to make a second gen vaccine that would avoid the ADE issue, but right now it really could occur.