https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210114-covid-19-how-effective-is-a-single-vaccine-dose
Sputnik V
The Sputnik V vaccine is named after the world's first artificial satellite, the iconic Soviet-era "Sputnik 1", which was launched into low Earth orbit in October 1957 – it burned up three months later when its batteries died. Its namesake was developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia.
Any time Russia or the USSR are mentioned there needs to be some added slight in the text.
Is this meant to hint something about the vaccine? Or just about Russian manufacturing.
Sputnik V continues to be the best vaccine available, not unlike the Polio vaccine they invented that eventually became the global standard.
The study that came out had it only a few points lower in efficacy than Phizer and Moderna's but it's cheaper and transports better.
Single shot. Doesn't use mRNA. Far less sever side effects. Cheaper.
Whatever may be said about Putin's leadership, Russian medical science remains top tier.
It's two shots three weeks apart.
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Wow it's single shot too? Doesn't the J&J one-shot vaccine have something like 66% efficacy lmaoL's everywhere we look.
edit: It's two doses actually, user was mistaken.
Unfortunately the Sputnik V Covid 19 vaccine is not single shot, it's two injections 21 days apart.
It's not single shot though, it's two shots 21 days apart
It's not single shot and the fact that it isn't mRNA is a detriment. No vaccine has many severe side effects, and they're so infrequent that it's hard to figure out which one has less. The cheaper part is the best part about it. It's still a top tier vaccine but so far I think Moderna is on top given that they have already made a booster for the South Africa mutation.
The mRNA ones are still probably better because they should be easier to modify and should be better at coping with mutations.