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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsModerna's vaccine can be kept in a freezer - logistical game changer
Moving and distributing the Pfizer vaccine is a logistical and storage problem. Being able to just use refrigeration trucks could have some issues with capacity but its waaaay better than negative 90.
Moderna said Monday its vaccine remains stable at 36 to 46 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of a standard home or medical refrigerator, for up to 30 days. It can be stored for up to six months at negative 4 degrees Fahrenheit. By comparison, Pfizer's vaccine requires a storage temperature of minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/16/moderna-says-its-coronavirus-vaccine-is-more-than-94percent-effective.html
klook
(12,151 posts)Great news!!
Yes it is.
hlthe2b
(102,102 posts)and that would prove disastrous in the event of poorly trained or who willfully disregard handling procedures.
That said, no published data and no information whatsoever about the durability of immune response for either vaccine means everyone needs to take all this with a grain of salt. Hopeful, but...?
underpants
(182,582 posts)Especially at the distribution center and truck level.
hlthe2b
(102,102 posts)linked to an absence of proper storage and handling. Pharmacies would not be able to handle extreme subzero temps either.
Not just in shipping--in fact, I think the record has been pretty good with those vaccines and drugs requiring special handling.
lark
(23,059 posts)Does one provide 180 days of immunity, like current flu shots, or is it only 90 days? I know it's too early to know, but this makes a huge difference in what vaccine to choose, should there be several varieties available.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Yay Science!
underpants
(182,582 posts)Think of distributing it to just say hospitals. Dosing would have to be at centralized locations Id guess. Who knows. They would have to get it to retirement and older persons residences. Ugh.
Native
(5,936 posts)underpants
(182,582 posts)Way above my pay grade
DrToast
(6,414 posts)94.5% effective.
Although that's not much different than the Pfizer vaccine. They're both seeing excellent results.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/health/moderna-vaccine-results-coronavirus/index.html
ananda
(28,831 posts)will trumper denialists refuse to take it because they believe the virus is a hoax?
underpants
(182,582 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 16, 2020, 12:16 PM - Edit history (1)
From anti-vaxxers to distrust from the right and left to people holding off until initial results to people forgetting or being lazy to getting it to the far outer reaches (that includes inner farmland mountains and woodlands).
ananda
(28,831 posts)I plan to take it if it's proven safe..
but that won't be until well into
next year, I'm sure.
underpants
(182,582 posts)Corrected to masses
58Sunliner
(4,372 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)The super low temp of the pfizer one was going to be a problem.