The Americans last Friday updated the topic of covid vaccination in their UpToDate and added a link to Israeli preprint .
UpToDate is their American paid base with modern medical recommendations. It updates quickly in real time. There is always the latest squeak of medical fashion.
A preprint is a rapidly published scientific study that has not yet been validated in a serious scientific journal, but the authors are eager to share important findings with the world.
And now the Israelis in their preprint write that they vaccinated a lot of people, and the Pfizer vaccine already from the 13th day after the first dose by 51% reduces the frequency of positive smears.
In general, a period of 13 - 24 days is indicated there, but at the same time they mention the first 12 days, when there is still no effect. Now everyone is competing in the speed of getting the effect of the vaccine. So far, no one seems to have mentioned the twelve-day periods. Terms are reduced.
It's about PCR analyzes, that is, there are fewer really patients, and there are fewer asymptomatic virus excretors. They all had negative smears.
It is clear that the Israelis are ahead of the rest of the world in terms of vaccination rates. They have already vaccinated half of the population there. So now it is from them that we need to wait for news. But again, let me remind you that we are talking about a Pfizer vaccine based on messenger RNA.
The Israelis also refer to the British, who gathered as many risk groups as possible to vaccinate with only the first dose. The British propose to postpone the second dose of the vaccine by the end of the 12-week period.
This is directly in tune with comments Englishmen to the Russian article in Lancet, in the sense that one dose of Sputnik is already wonderful.
In short, everyone is shouting that it is necessary to speed up vaccination. It seems that many are satisfied with one dose.
