Novavax vaccine trial part 2

[Frazzled2207]

A continuation of the thread for those of us taking part in the Vaccine trial.
Never had a thread continue to part 2 before so quite excited.

Old thread
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4048789-novavax-vaccine-trial-anyone-else

[quote Frazzled2207]@BG2015
there is definitely someone in the facebook group in the UK unblinded but got a certificate just like ours but with 2 dates instead of 4. So it's not true that you can't get a novavax certificate if unblinded.

Crazy that not all centres are giving all of us the proof we need,[/quote]
I've had an official letter from my trust. But it's not from Novavax

It should be across the board really I think

Just remembered something else the dr said.

He said that Novavax have tweaked the vaccine to resist the South African variant 👍🏻

[quote Frazzled2207]@Dreamer1989
@Cooroo

Do you think you’ve had the real thing this time then? I really am none the wiser still. Hope you recover fully soon.[/quote]
I really think I did this time because I feel so shit. But if that's so I was fine after first jab. I can't think what else it could be. I'm freezing. Just digging out winter PJs. I never wear them usually.

@BG2015

Just remembered something else the dr said.

He said that Novavax have tweaked the vaccine to resist the South African variant 👍🏻

Oh that’s good. They’d better sort something out for the Indian variant(s) next

Results on SA variant

scitechdaily.com/novavax-vaccine-trial-indicates-100-protection-against-severe-covid-19-due-to-south-african-variant/

@CardinalCat. Tell your centre to call others. We have signed A4 size things. With the 4 dates on it. And its signed by the main Dr in charge.

Woke up having sweated through my pjs. Trying to remember its for the greater good :p

@Cooroo
Had my 4th jab yesterday....can’t lift my arm this morning, it feels so achy and sore. Definitely think this is the real deal. Didn’t have as bad a reaction after the third, but this one has definitely got me!

Are we meant to report these symptoms? My arm is very swollen and red - I cant remember if this is just considered part of a vaccine or needs reporting.

To all those suffering from side effects.

I called my research hub last week as I honestly felt so ill, haven't been that ill in years and they said it's at the more severe end of normal side effects they would expect. They said if they last longer than 48-72 hours they would have had me in. By 60 hours I felt normal again. This was my 4th jab and I had no side effects with any of the others. The redness and swollen arm lasted about a week but they weren't worried about the "covid arm" as that is happening a lot apparently.

Yes I rang yesterday to see if they would offer a sympathetic ear ! He was kind but said they weren't interested unless I was still unwell after 7 days!
I would have thought side effects should be noted, but what do I know?
32 hours on and my arm is less painful but I still feel oddly light-headed.

@Cooroo
Sounds rough. At my last appointment I asked who to contact about symptoms and they said they weren’t interested unless really ill in which case we should call the I call number given. Fairly sure it was different first time round. Is surprising.
Hope you feel better today.

@Frazzled2207 @PleaseReferToMeAsBritneySpears
$175.79 our shares ladies!

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@Dreamer1989

Woke up having sweated through my pjs. Trying to remember its for the greater good :p

Me too this morning, I have symptoms the same as yours. I think you are a day ahead of me, as I had my final jab on Thursday.

How do you feel today? I just want to prepare myself for any other symptoms 😂🤣. Hopefully you are starting to feel better?

I feel much better! I just kept taking paracetamol/ibuprofen every 4 hours. I feel normal
Now, just have the red raised arm.

@Dreamer1989

I feel much better! I just kept taking paracetamol/ibuprofen every 4 hours. I feel normal Now, just have the red raised arm.

Ooh fab! Hopefully I will feel better in 24 hours too. Apparently my body was shaking with shivering in the night and my teeth were chattering.....I managed to sleep through that but woke up when my PJs were drenched through 😂🤣

Hope you’re better soon. I think it’a wrong that these side effects aren’t properly logged somewhere. How else would they know how to warn future recipients. Or perhaps the list of “vaccine side effects” Is basically pretty standard across the board.

While you're all stalking NASDAQ I'm stalking approval news... this is interesting on all the next wave vaccines fortune.com/2021/05/08/covid-19-vaccines-curevac-novavax-sanofi-gsk-valneva/

Interesting, thanks Diet Coke.

😩 I can’t read it. Can you give me a quick summary @andadietcoke or @PleaseReferToMeAsBritneySpears
Any notable goss?

I thought it was behind a paywall, but it's not, you just register. You don't need to pay.

I'll see if I can copy the Novavax bit

Novavax
Who?
Novavax is based in Gaithersburg, Md. It was founded in 1987, but is only now preparing to launch actual vaccines (also including a flu vaccine called NanoFlu). Before the pandemic, it appeared to be in a downward spiral owing to repeated failures of its vaccine candidates. The company received $1.6 billion from the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed and $388 million from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to fund its COVID vaccine.
Vaccine name and type?
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, or NVX-CoV2373, or Covovax in its Indian trials. Novavax calls it a recombinant nanoparticle vaccine, and its production involves infecting moth cells with an insect virus that’s been modified to include the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein gene. The company says the vaccine has an efficacy rate of over 96%.

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When and where?
Novavax is hoping for imminent approval in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, South Korea and the EU. Its Warp Speed deal should see it deliver 100 million doses in the U.S., while it has a 60 million dose contract in the U.K. and a Canadian deal for up to 76 million doses. Novavax was supposed to sign an EU deal for up to 200 million doses, but according to the European side it’s dragging its heels owing to problems sourcing raw materials. The company will however be supplying 1.45 billion doses to the Covax facility for low- and middle-income countries. It will also sell 40 million doses to South Korea.
Can it deliver?
Novavax’s Covax contribution includes 350 million doses that it will make itself, as well as 1.1 billion to be produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer. At full capacity, the SII deal is supposed to pump out more than 2 billion doses a year. Novavax has said its own recently acquired facilities in the Czech Republic will have a capacity of over 1 billion doses annually. It also has manufacturing deals with Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) in the U.S. (100 million doses) and in the U.K. (180 million doses annually), Biofabri in Spain (over half a million doses), SK Bioscience in South Korea (40 million doses), and Takeda in Japan (over 250 million doses a year).

Thanks @andadietcoke that was an interesting read.
Is it wrong to want approval in the UK before the U.S??

I can't understand how they have so many doses that they can vaccinate kids. Yet only 1% are vaccinated in India. They are supposed to be part of Covax.