Moderna Says Immunity Should Last at Least a Year

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Moderna Says Immunity Should Last at Least a Year


Immunity from Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company said Monday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference.
The drugmaker said it was confident the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology it used was well suited to deploy a vaccine based on the new variant of the coronavirus which has emerged in a handful of countries.
The company's vaccine, mRNA-1273, uses synthetic mRNA to mimic the surface of the coronavirus and teach the immune system to recognize and neutralize it.
Moderna said in December it would run tests to confirm the vaccine's activity against any strain.

The company said Monday it expects to deliver between 600 million doses and 1 billion does of its vaccine in 2021 and forecast vaccine-related sales of $11.7 billion for the year, based on advance purchase agreements signed with governments.
"The team feels very comfortable with the track record we have now . . . that we are on track to deliver at least 600 million doses," Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Bancel said.

Moderna Says Immunity Should Last at Least a Year

Immunity from Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company said Monday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference.

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[Mirzali Khan]

It is going to be like the flu shot.

Every year new strains of flu are developed and shots are made

COVID is looking like a similar trajectory. Every year we might have to get it.

 

[Menthol]

Only lasting for a year?

What a disappointment!

I thought the mRNA vaccine will teach our body, so it makes like we are immune naturally since born.

So it doesn't last forever...

What is the difference with the traditional vaccine developed by Sinovac then?


And I thought the WHO plan is to vaccinate 80% of the global population within two years at once.

So the coronavirus will be gone forever.

It's funny, that they abandoned the plan.

 

[That Guy]

Only lasting for a year?

What a disappointment!

I thought the mRNA vaccine will teach our body, so it makes like we are immune naturally since born.

So it doesn't last forever...

What is the difference with the traditional vaccine developed by Sinovac then?


And I thought the WHO plan is to vaccinate 80% of the global population within two years at once.

So the coronavirus will be gone forever.

It's funny, that they abandoned the plan.

No vaccine lasts forever, this is why you have to get a flu shot every once in a while, because the protection wears off.

Even with the Sinovac you'll need to get the vaccine frequently.

WHO can only do what its member states allow it to do. It may have very well had greatly detailed and affective plans to vaccinate within 2 years, but if member states don't cooperate, or actively hinder progress, it can't do much.