Questions tagged [covid-19]
Describes the clinical disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus
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Can COVID-19 vaccines cause birth defects?
Have regulators historically allowed enough time for Phase 3 trials to show that a vaccine does not cause congenital defects? Are they making an exception for Covid vaccines?
Because the Pfizer/...
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Is there any general consensus in the research on what the maximum duration is that the mRNA vaccine spike remains in the body?
Is there any general consensus in the research on what the maximum duration is that the mRNA vaccine spike remains in the body?
I thought I read some time ago from CDC but could be mistaken that at ...
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What data supports the safety of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for women of childbearing age?
I am looking for the actual data (ie, numbers) supporting the widespread consensus regarding the safety of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines with regards to fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth, as stated ...
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What's the best time of year to purposely contract COVID? [closed]
Before the vaccine for German measles was available, girls were encouraged to expose themselves to a friend or acquaintance who had the disease, to acquire immunity, so that they would not end up ...
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COVID 19 feed with incidences and Geo Points
I am looking for a maintained and updated data feed that has the times of all confirmed cases of COVID 19 and their Geo coordinates. Thanks.
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The number of active cases of COVID
I have been looking at this URL for information about Covid:
Graph of number of active cases of Covid
In particular, I am looking at the graph of the number of active cases. I would expect/hope that ...
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Do flu shots make sense during the COVID-19 pandemic?
My understanding is that the flu shot is a good idea based on a cost benefit analysis. People are likely to get the flu and get sick and the flu shot helps with this. On the other hand, the flu shot ...
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Which vaccine has the least number of reported users getting infected even after vaccination?
I have been reading news about people getting infected with COVID-19 despite getting the AstraZeneca vaccine.
I am not sure if it's similar with other vaccines.
May I ask which vaccines have zero (...
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Is there data on the effectiveness of masks for preventing COVID-19 transmission in outdoor settings?
In the COVID-19 pandemic, many jurisdictions are now requiring that masks be worn in public, often including both indoor and outdoor settings. However, many sources (including widely cited preprints ...
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Do we need thorax ct before all operations in covid days [closed]
I am an anaesthetist,is pcr enough or do we have to look at the thorax tomography before surgeries
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Why was Comirnaty (Pfizer's COVID vaccine) FDA approval only for ages 16+, and not 12+? Will it be expanded to 12+?
From https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine:
For Immediate Release: August 23, 2021
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration approved the first ...
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How would a global vaccination campaign stop COVID-19, rather than favor new mutation?
According to this report by Public Health England (p.35):
whilst vaccination may reduce an individual’s overall risk of becoming
infected, once they are infected there is limited difference in viral
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Do partial lockdown/social-distancing measures lead to more contagious and more deadly (Covid) virus mutations? [closed]
Reduction in social contact, without full restriction of social contact, creates an environment where the 'success' of a virus depends more on how infectious it is and less on how good it is at ...
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Is Lady Gaga right we are fighting COVID-19? [closed]
Just a few seconds ago she said that on live streaming global concert to start at 8pm EST April 18, 2020.
I think we are fighting Novel Coronavirus (SARS-COV2) and COVID-19 is something we treat.
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Are covid vaccinations and boosters still useful and if not, why are governments and agencies promoting them?
So regarding Omicron, the latest research shows that vaccines and convalescent immunity have no or negligible effect on Omicron, and that booster shots have very little neutralising activity.
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What is the purpose of having corona vaccine with 95% success rate since without a vaccine also 97.5% survive [closed]
I am not a doctor or medical student, so I may understand this wrongly,
According to most article, corona vaccine success rate would be around 95%.
According to status, only around 2.5% died from ...
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How bad are covid vaccines? [closed]
For the past year I've been hearing about people claiming that those who took the covid jabs are dropping like flies. I even hear people claim that the covid vaccinations are depopulation tools and ...
