Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

I'm all in favor of Harden looking like somebody's uncle getting ready to play HORSE at the cookout.

 

Macron's infected.

Not. Enough. Influential. People. Dying.

 

King of Sweden: That herd immunity thing? Didn't work so good.

Sweden's king on coronavirus strategy: 'We have failed'

 

It's not exactly breaking news, but Oliver Stone is a fucking idiot.

Oliver Stone receives Russian coronavirus vaccine and accuses West of 'ignoring' Sputnik V injection | Daily Mail Online

 

Well said.
If they build the dilution into the time they estimate that the distribution process will take, I guess it makes sense. But if a pharmacist is surprised to learn that extra work is involved, I’d think that would slow the entire process down.

 

Can't pooh-pooh these findings ...

Skyrocketing coronavirus levels in California sewage points to rapid spread of virus in fall

 

No outting

 

Only if they are shipping just the vials with instructions to add x ml of saline or something. Generally the diluent is supplied in an accompanying vial, and the only variable is does that fluid get completely pulled up and moved over.

It is highly unlikely that a pharmacist is involved. I have administered vaccines that travel in powder form, and typically you get the vial and a vial of diluent. You pull up the fluid, inject it into the powder vial and shake it up, then pull a dose from it. These are apparently multidose vials, likely five doses, perhaps ten.

 

I'm not sure what you mean, but the dilution is supposed to happen at the administration site (e.g., the doctor's office or hospital or wherever). That dilution is (or may be) the relevant source of variability in the volume of injectable vaccine coming out of a given vial.

As far as time goes, though, it seems plausible to me that shipping the stuff undiluted might save time, since you're keeping a smaller amount of liquid butt-ass cold (and could therefore ship a comparatively larger number of vials).

 

I cannot agree with this post.

Get well, soon!

 

With the stipulation that I don't know for certain and have not talked to anyone administering this vaccine, I would bet you at long odds that the diluent does not need to be frozen.

As to variability, if they are using a vax vial and a diluent, there would be two possible sources of variance, whether the diluent vial was completely emptied and transferred and the accuracy of the injection being drawn up from a multiple dose vial. It's not hard to draw up 1 cc, but no one is absolutely perfect every time.