CV and mad panic behaviour

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I reckon there will be a push to wait for the Novavax vaccine in preference to the other two, its been trialled in the UK and South Africa and found to perform well vs the new strains which is what we are seeing in Australia now.
I watched a bit of Q and A and while the experts didnt agree on much the pro Pfizer/Moderna/ AstraZeneca group did agree that Novavax was promising and it might have to be a three way vaccine system in Australia and that if you initially got the Pfizer version for example the next step might be getting the Novavax next year.
I dont want to be given a vaccine that is 90% effective vs the standard CoVid strain but only 50-60% effective vs the others and then expected to have a cocktail of vaccines later for better coverage. Rather just have the one that gives me more total cover and less side effects.

As long as the numbers are reliable.

When it is stated they are conducting a trial all trials are not equal, nothing beats numbers and nothing beats the math. Some trials have as few as 2000 while other trials may have 50000 involved. I am not sure what number is enough, and it is almost certainly going to be the case different regions use different solutions.

I doubt any one vaccine will be a broad spectrum solution, although the single shot vaccines might be attractive from a logistical perspective if all other things are equal. Cost is now probably the least important aspect, because the cost of not vaccinating is catastrophic socially and economically.

Unfortunately we just have to accept there are big dollars involved, as well as huge liability, which as far as I know has not been waivered.