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Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial (www.nbcnews.com)
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A combination shot would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against Covid and the flu at the same time.

Moderna’s combined Covid and flu shot outperformed the existing standalone vaccines for both viruses, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial published Wednesday in theJournal of the American Medical Association. 

The vaccine uses the same messenger RNA technology as Moderna’s approved Covid vaccine.(There are no approved mRNA-based flu shots.)

The trial, funded by Moderna, included more than 8,000 adults ages 50 and older who were enrolled in October and November 2023. For people ages 50 to 64, the new vaccine was compared to Moderna’s Covid vaccine and the flu shot Fluarix. For people 65 and older, it was compared to the Covid vaccine and a different flu shot, called Fluzone, which is a stronger dose typically given to older adults. The trial participants either got the existing shots, or the new combination vaccine plus a placebo shot. (This way, both groups got two injections.)

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[–] uawarebrah@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I can’t wait. I love Vaccines. Science is truly amazing.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

The closest things to miracles we can actually do! Preserving probably millions of lives every year. It used to be normal to have a bunch of kids and just have many of them die or get crippled early in live due to child illness.

Fun fact: in Vietnam, after they kicked out the French, they changed all the French street names with some exceptions. Pasteur was one of those exceptions.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I know right? We need more comments like this to counter all the anti-vax bullshit.

I'm not just neutral on vaccines, I think they're fucking amazing and I want more.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't think we're going to find antivaxxers on Lemmy.

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not antivax but I'm suspicious of these 'subscription' vaccines which don't eradicate the disease but only succeed in helping them mutate every year so that they can keep lining their pockets. Don't we have the scientific advancements to eradicate flu instead of playing a profitable cat and mouse every year? I'm from India, and was very surprised to hear about the annual flu shots when I first came to the US. May be I'm just cynical, and there is just no way to truly eradicate flu accounting for its mutations.

[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 0 points 8 hours ago

‘subscription’ vaccines which don’t eradicate the disease but only succeed in helping them mutate every year

Alright... I'm trying to be nice here, but what exactly do you know about vaccines, and more importantly, viruses?

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Ugh, there seems to be one in this very thread. So sick of them (no pun intended).

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

they are all still shilling on reddit, youtube, ,,,etc.