Today we celebrate St. Fintan of Clonenagh where he had his foundation. He died in 603. He lived an austere life and encouraged others to do likewise, although on encouragement he eased the austerity demands on his fellow monks, a great saint for #ShroveTuesday! @KANDLEi@theway_ie
Power of Pfizer BioNTech vaccine further revealed- it induces a rapid CD8 T cell response boosted hugely after second shot. These cells kill virally-infected cells and variants are less likely to be able to dodge them.
https://t.co/bom0cXOcaq
Strong evidence here that the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine prevents infectiousness- this is what we want- it will protect you but also stop you infecting others, and will help end the pandemic.
https://t.co/iPEH9PpRt3
French National Medicine Safety Agency has reported on risk of blood clots with AZ vaccine- yet again, extremely rare- 1 in 158,000 chance. For comparison- risk of blood clot on long haul flight is 1 in 6000.