Breakthrough?

[Marcosteffano]

I’m in the Uk and I have a heart problem and nearly 60yr old.i expect I won’t be getting the vaccine until next summer at the earliest.knowing the Thai government it’s going to take a long time for them to vaccinate the majority of the country and maybe a couple of years.as for farang,you’ll be bottom of the list just below the soi dogs and charged something like 30,000b for each shot.so I heard on the news the vaccine will have to be stored and transported at minus 18c so I can see lots getting destroyed in the post sort of thing.only time will tell.

[Khun Paul]

Listened to the latest News coverage from the BBC, judging by what was said they are talking about only ONE Vaccine, the Pfizer one, others may not need the same restrictions reference storage etc . AS the results are still unknown and in any event , reaction by age not fully calculated or even in reality known, waiting seems the only option for many of us. Those of us Outside Thailand , patience seems the only option, those that wish to travel judging by the announcements from the Thai Government regarding requirements ( ludicrous it seems ) to even travel into the country. It seems staying here if you can is the best option, until as such time the Thai Government removes its head from where the sun never shines`.

[Doodoo]

Pfizer's Covid vaccine must be stored at MINUS 70C in special suitcases that might rule out a jab at your GP, researchers warn

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... cases.html

BUT

https://nypost.com/2020/11/10/why-pfize ... istribute/


The vaccine is so fragile. This mRNA begins to degrade at warmer temperatures very quickly and so it has to be maintained at this very, very cold temperature,” he said.

Hospitals typically have fridges that can go down to 35 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, which would allow them to store the vaccine for five days.


But the complex storage requirements mean that health care workers will have to be specially trained to quickly and safely take out the vial and administer the shot, Schaffner said.

[papafarang]

So apart from producing enough, storing the vaccine ,transporting it safely ,administration of the vaccine the only real problem is you need two jabs all done 3 weeks apart. Or we'll need to produce 14 billion doses, created a dedicated supply chain ,train millions of health professionals ,build specialist storage and get everyone to go twice to get the jab. Sounds easy enough .
I wonder how Pfizer shares did this week ?

[pal52]

The Vaccine developed by Oxford & Astrozenica is 7 times cheaper than Pfizer.

It also can be stored in a normal refrigerator.

Oxford will sell as a non profit concern but Pfiizer is American which says it all.

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