#CLLSociety VACCINE CANDIDATE COVID-19 Vaccine News Pfizer and BioNTech’s big news this week set the CLL Community abuzz with hope!

[bkoffman]

#CLLSociety VACCINE CANDIDATE COVID-19 Vaccine News Pfizer and BioNTech’s big news this week, a promising vaccine against COVID-19 set the CLL community abuzz with hope. Let’s celebrate this exciting vaccine news, but not let down our guard just yet. As this is not a “live” vaccine, but rather a novel “RNA” vaccine, it should theoretically be safe for chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients, though that is not yet proven. The big question remains: Will it be effective? Dr. Koffman cautions that, though this may be the first of many effective vaccines, we will need more than an effective vaccine before we can be safe leaving our homes again. He elaborates on the need for better testing, universal use of high-quality masks, herd immunity, data showing vaccine success in CLL patients, as well as improved treatments. Read more here. cllsociety.org/2020/11/vacc...? Dr. Brian Koffman's comments here: cllsociety.org/2020/11/vacc...

[Psmithuk]

Oh dear, I wish I wasn’t so cynical! I expect we will be in the first tranche, but with no long term results yet, I’m still worried about it.Cx