We’ve just passed the second anniversary of the release of the SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence, which was the starting gun for the Covid…
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Covid-19 Boosters and Mixed Schedules: Covid Vaccines at the 2-Year MarkRead more
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Bias This “Waning Immunity” Argument Against the FDA’s Covid Vaccine Approval Is a Scientific QuagmireRead more
I sure don’t envy the people under all that pressure at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. They’ve been at the brunt…
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Covid-19 A Worrying Drift Towards Exceptionalism In the Covid Vax For Kids DebateRead more
I think we are drifting perilously close to exceptionalism in the debate about the Covid-19 vaccine for children and adolescents. The narrowed…
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Covid-19 A Big Hit, A Big Miss, & Mixed Vaccine Schedules: The 18-Month MarkRead more
Remember when we were told the earliest we could possibly hope for a vaccine was 12 to 18 months? Here we are…
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Covid-19 New Vaccine Hopes, Adverse Reactions, & a Developer Clashing With Regulators: A Month of Highs & LowsRead more
We’ve well and truly reached cherry-picking season on Covid vaccine data! It’s definitely easier to fall into the trap of claims based…
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Bias The Pioneering Crossover Trials for Covid Vaccines and What We’ll Find OutRead more
As results for the big phase 3 trials for the BNT-Pfizer and Moderna were looming, a debate ramped up: when would the…
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Covid-19 Community Impact Data, 3 New Covid Vaccines, and Trials in Children: A Month of Dilemmas and Good NewsRead more
It’s been another drama-filled, and data-packed, hectic few weeks in the Covid vaccines landscape. But the visual theme of this roundup post…
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Covid-19 Variants, 3 New Covid Vaccines, and Contested Efficacy Claims: A Month of Seismic Shifts and ConfusionRead more
The second year since the genome sequencing of the new coronavirus has begun. And it’s off to a drama-packed start. Major outbreaks…
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Covid-19 Why Two Vaccines Passed the Finishing Line In a Year and Others Didn’t, and a Month 12 RoundupRead more
We’re into the 12th month since sequencing of the genome of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. And we have 2 Covid…
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Covid-19 A Would-Be Covid Vaccine Crashed in Australia, Leaving Important Questions in Its WakeRead more
It seemed to come out of the blue. Yesterday, the Australian government decided to terminate a billion-dollar vaccine contract. “The University of…
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Covid-19 Across the Vaccine Efficacy Line, and a Late-Breaking Safety Episode: Covid-19 Vaccine Race, Month 11Read more
We’re now into the 11th month since sequencing of the genome of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. This is the fifth…
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Bias Radical Vaccine Trial Transparency & Press Release Readouts: What’s the Problem?Read more
Every time a drug company press release of vaccine trial results blasts through the media, it’s followed by criticism of “science by…