Post exposure vaccine

[Ausmumof3]

You know how some vaccines can help if you have them as soon as you’re exposed to something (tetanus, rabies and chicken pox I know of).   Is there the possibility that the Pfizer Covid vaccine may help like that?  Would it make sense to prioritise people with known recent exposure?

[vonfirmath]

Given that it seems to take 2 doses and time to get to potency, I don't think it works that way

 

[Ausmumof3]

1 minute ago, vonfirmath said:

Given that it seems to take 2 doses and time to get to potency, I don't think it works that way

 

Yeah true.  I had forgotten about the second dose.

[Shoeless]

I doubt that has been tested yet and may not be tested for a long while, if at all, since doses will be limited for awhile. 

[JennyD]

I think the monoclonal antibody treatments have the potential to work like that.  They're a sort of passive vaccine and therefore work immediately, although the protection only lasts about a month.  They've been much slower off the blocks than anticipated but I recall that back in the summer the hope was that they'd be approved and available in enough quantities by September 2020 to temporary protect nursing home residents, at least.  Obviously that didn't happen, but I've heard it suggested that once the vaccine is in general distribution, monoclonal antibodies could be a very helpful tool in quashing small outbreaks.

 

[Ausmumof3]

1 hour ago, MissLemon said:

I doubt that has been tested yet and may not be tested for a long while, if at all, since doses will be limited for awhile. 

Well I wondered if it would be a more effective way of knocking down infection rates by vaccinating any known contacts.  But yeah I imagine it would have to be tested.

[Pen]

3 minutes ago, Ausmumof3 said:

Well I wondered if it would be a more effective way of knocking down infection rates by vaccinating any known contacts.  But yeah I imagine it would have to be tested.

It might be possible to use it not for already exposed, but in places like AU where it is not widespread to make a ring of vaccination around an outbreak area . 
 

 

[Ausmumof3]

12 minutes ago, Pen said:

It might be possible to use it not for already exposed, but in places like AU where it is not widespread to make a ring of vaccination around an outbreak area . 
 

 

That would make sense.  They currently set up testing clinics in whichever area has an outbreak. With the last shopping centre alert they set up testing in the car park at the shopping centre on the same day the following week so anyone who did their weekly shop that day had easy access to testing.  So I can see them doing that.  That’s similar to what is done with measles outbreaks etc.  

although we’ll be waiting a while for vaccine availability I think.

[Pen]

27 minutes ago, Ausmumof3 said:

That would make sense.  They currently set up testing clinics in whichever area has an outbreak. With the last shopping centre alert they set up testing in the car park at the shopping centre on the same day the following week so anyone who did their weekly shop that day had easy access to testing.  So I can see them doing that.  That’s similar to what is done with measles outbreaks etc.  

although we’ll be waiting a while for vaccine availability I think.

I heard that Parts of UK and NY get it shortly.
 

I expect where you are and I am will be rather behind that.   😉

[Ausmumof3]

39 minutes ago, Pen said:

I heard that Parts of UK and NY get it shortly.
 

I expect where you are and I am will be rather behind that.   😉

They are suggesting possibly March here but of course that will only be healthcare and aged care.

they have to wait for more data not apply for emergency use.