TDD Episode 1 - Let's talk about the elephant in the room: COVID19 vaccines

In this episode of TDD, Nicole and Qian Hua gave a crash course on vaccinations and dived into the specifics of the different COVID19 vaccines that are starting to be distributed and administered globally. They also answered all of the pressing questions you have pertaining to the vaccines.

References:

Pfizer studies:

Phase 1/2 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2639-4 

Phase 2/3 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577

https://www.fda.gov/media/144245/download

Moderna studies:

Prelim/ Phase 1 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2022483 (July 2020)

Phase 2/3 - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2035389  (Dec 2020)

https://www.fda.gov/media/144434/download

Sinovac studies:

Phase 1/2 - https://www.thelancet.com/article/S1473-3099(20)30843-4/fulltext (November 2020)

AstraZeneca studies:

Phase 1 - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31604-4/fulltext

Phase 2/3 - https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32661-1/fulltext

Other articles:

https://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/vk/types-of-vaccine

https://www.vox.com/21590994/oxford-vaccine-results-covid-19-astrazeneca-trial-pfizer-moderna

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/wondering-about-covid-19-vaccines-if-youre-pregnant-or-breastfeeding-2021010721722

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/california-nurse-tests-positive-over-a-week-after-receiving-pfizer-covid-19

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/more-people-are-getting-covid-19-twice-suggesting-immunity-wanes-quickly-some

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32661-1/fulltext

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.18.426984v1

https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/statement-variants-sars-cov-2-virus

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-vaccine/update-1-astrazeneca-says-its-vaccine-should-be-effective-against-new-coronavirus-variant-idUKL1N2J21YQ

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55212787

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-vaccine-idUSKBN2710UQ