GoLocal Daily RI Vaccination Update: In NY, Seniors Quit Novavax Vaccine Trial and UK Races Past US
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Wednesday’s GoLocal vaccination update provides the most up-to-date information and data on the Rhode Island vaccination program as well as emerging national and global developments.
1. Former RI Director of Health Calls for Attorney General and RIDOH to Investigate Lifespan and Care New England for Misuse of Vaccines
Dr. Michael Fine is calling on Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) to investigate Lifespan and Care New England for vaccinating non-medical board members who were not eligible for vaccinations under the state’s Phase I guidance. READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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2. Elderly Are Dropping Out of Novavax Clinical Trial to Receive Pfizer or Moderna Vaccinations
Long Island physician Benjamin Luft is telling the Washington Post that a number of participants in the Novavax clinical trial are quitting to be vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. Noravax is recruiting Rhode Islanders to participate in the trial here too.
"They wanted to be 'unblinded' and find out if they had received a placebo in the Novavax study, and, if so, try to get the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which have already been proved to be about 95 percent effective at preventing coronavirus infections," reports the Post.
“The number who have been calling me has been significant, and the numbers are increasing,'' Luft, an infectious-disease expert at Stony Brook University Hospital, said in an interview. Fresh recruits also have begun to dry up, he said: “As we are doing our recruitment, all of a sudden the people over 65 became less interested.''
3. UK Uses AstraZeneca to Speed Vaccination Program
AstraZeneca which was approved in the United Kingdom weeks ago and has not been approved for usage in the United States to date, is making a significant impact in speeding up the UKs vaccination program.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the UK is racing by the United States in the percentage of population receiving a first dosage.
“More than four million of the most at-risk people in the U.K., almost 8% of the adult population, have been vaccinated with at least one shot of vaccine…The government says the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has also been authorized in India, Morocco and some countries in Latin America, has been a game changer in reaching people tucked away in smaller nursing homes,” reports the WSJ.
4. RI Has Utilized 49% of Vaccine UPDATED
According to the CDC and updated on Friday, RI has now:
Received 108,427 doses — an increase of 24,302 over Thursday
Administered 54,081 doses (less than 3,000 administered in past 24-hours)
Of the vaccine doses received, RI has utilized 49% —up from 44%%
5. RIDOH Continues to Refuse to Provide Information
The RI Department of Health continues to refuse to provide data as to how many Rhode Islanders need to be vaccinated.
UPDATED 1/20/2021 10:52 AM
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