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When will people under 16 be able to get a vaccine?

When will people under 16 be able to get a vaccine?


When will people under 16 be able to get a vaccine?

Posted: 06 Feb 2021 04:57 AM PST

Edit: im talking about Covid-19

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COVID vaccine effectiveness and different COVID variants.. why do the variants have different effectiveness?

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 03:02 PM PST

I have two questions!

  1. Why do mRNA vaccines provide more or less protection based on SARS-CoV-2 variants? If they all infect with the spike protein, it should be the same, right?

  2. Why do lipid based(Pfizer, Moderna) vaccines appear to be more effective against SARS-CoV-2 than adenovirus vaccines(J&J, etc)?

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Do we know why children are less susceptible to COVID-19?

Posted: 06 Feb 2021 06:53 AM PST

I did some googling and couldn't find anything. Do we know anything more at this point about why children tend to have much milder cases than adults and/or seem to catch it less frequently in general?

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Where do statistics from flu infections come from?

Posted: 06 Feb 2021 06:37 AM PST

COVID stats seem easier to understand: in my region, they're promoting testing if you have symptoms. But for my 50 years, I know of nobody who was tested for influenza. I've been sick, suspecting flu, and just stayed home. Often, I haven't told my friends or family, or even my doctor, that I thought I had it, let alone been tested for it. If people aren't routinely bring tested, where can the numbers legitimately come from?

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Why do some vaccines require a second/booster shot while others are single dose?

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 11:35 PM PST

Had a thought while reading about the covid vaccines coming out - why do some shots require a booster while others don't? I know the booster shot helps the immune system commit the antibodies to it's longer term memory (at least I think that's what's happening). So do single dose shots have a time release function to do this? are the single shots just suped up from the beginning? Do the single shots act on a different mechanism that the body creates more meaningful and longer lasting antibodies? Is it comparing apples to oranges?

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How does government agencies know whether a death is vaccine related or not?

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 02:59 PM PST

I have read a few articles about deaths shortly after the Covid vaccine, and in all of them there were the reassurance that the death was not related to the vaccination, but there hasn't been any explanation why.

What is the technique used to determine whether a death was related to a vaccine or not and why is it not provided so the public can be put at ease with scientific data?

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Why are some viral infections (eg. measles) once in a lifetime, with no mutations occurring that could bypass the immune response, while SARS-CoV-2 is developing potential immune system escape mutations left and right?

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 09:51 AM PST

ie. Why is it that no one ever gets reinfected with a mutated measles virus despite what would seem like massive pressure on measles to mutate, but scientists worry about the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 escape mutations popping up?

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Is the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine 'Open-Source'?

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 05:52 PM PST

Hello everyone, I recently read this article about reverse engineering the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine. This article links to the BNT162b2 mRNA sequence provided by the WHO. From my understanding this sequence contains the whole 'logic' of the vaccine. So i wonder if this sequence is enough information that (given that you have the required money/machines/base materials etc.) 'everyone' could mix the vaccine? Or is there some secrets information required for producing the vaccine which is kept secret by BioNTech/Pfizer?

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Since it’s primarily reactivation of a latent virus, can someone with Herpes Zoster transmit the infection to another? And if they do, will the ‘recipient’ develop chickenpox or zoster? (Since the virus transmitted is VZV.)

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 05:20 PM PST

Why can a patient still show symptoms of a viral infection, but no longer be contagious?

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 11:58 AM PST

I often see that the "contagious period" for a viral infection is shorter than the period when a person shows symptoms. Why is that? What's going on in the body such that the symptoms are still around but the virus isn't "shedding?"

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What electrolyte solution do i need for a Aluminum and graphite battery?

Posted: 05 Feb 2021 10:03 AM PST

Trying to manufacture my own LARGE batteries (similar to car batteries, just much larger, to power a generator), Using aluminum anodes and graphite cathodes. Read some research papers, but they were not specific about solution, mainly just focused on the anode/cathodes... X.X
It should call for an aluminum chloride saturated ionic fluid...correct?
Couldn't i simply make this out of salt water(potassium) and aluminum chloride?

I know i'm missing information, i just don't what....

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