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Vincent Rajkumar

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Vincent Rajkumar

@VincentRK

Editor-in-Chief, Blood Cancer Journal; Chairman @IMFmyeloma Board; Cancer & Myeloma Research; Opinions solely personal views bit.ly/3f4TnJl

Rochester, MN, USA

Joined March 2009

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Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Feb 10, 2021
I would like to share the story of how a patient with cancer came up with the idea for a randomized trial, & how listening to him saved a lot of lives. 1/ In 2002, I had just completed a randomized trial with the notorious drug thalidomide for the cancer, multiple myeloma.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Nov 5, 2021
South Korea followed the textbook principles of epidemiology. Kept deaths 40 times lower all the way till 75% of population fully vaccinated. This is success.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
May 18, 2021
Just heard that it only costs $3 per dose for Pfizer and Moderna to make their COVID vaccine. But they sell it for $15-40 to the world. Given the amount of publicly funded research that went into development of these vaccines, & the current crisis, this is unacceptable.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
May 10, 2021
India has more confirmed COVID cases per day than 𝗔𝗟𝗟 other countries in the world 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
May 14, 2021
A lot of COVID deaths in India in young people who should be doing well & recovering. I am making a plea to doctors in India to cut down the use of STEROIDS. Please. Steroids are only useful after the patient is hypoxic. Harmful if given early, or given for too long
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Aug 22, 2021
Florida becomes first US state where the daily deaths in current wave have exceeded previous waves.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Apr 24, 2021
This is a plea to the US government to help India. What you can do: -Help with Oxygen & Oxygen generators -Release Astra Zeneca vaccine supplies -Lift the export ban & send them raw materials for vaccines As bad as this looks. It's 10 times worse. The Indian people need you.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Apr 16, 2020
Singapore should be a warning to us. They had COVID under excellent control. Now it’s out of control: 728 new cases yesterday. When we relax social distancing measures prematurely we risk a second wave. Places where groups of people work/live close to each other are at high risk.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Jan 14, 2022
Omicron who? South Korea continues to be the role model. I hope they can sustain their science driven strategy which so far has saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Feb 17, 2021
India has 1.3 billion people. 4 times that of the US. What’s going on is just amazing and needs in depth immunologic studies. These are raw numbers!
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Aug 14, 2020
There are at least 4 possible reasons why some people with COVID have little or no symptoms. 1) A rapid immune response that conquers the virus 2) Pre-existing cross reactive immunity 3) Genetic factors 4) Low viral load at time of infection We have emerging data for each. 👇
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
May 10, 2021
One piece of positive news speaking to leaders of 2 large hospitals in India where most healthcare workers were fully vaccinated: No serious COVID cases among any of the vaccinated healthcare workers during this current crisis. The vaccines are working.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Feb 26, 2021
In randomized trials with 6 different COVID vaccines involving ~175000 persons: 0 hospitalizations for COVID in persons who received the recommended schedule of vaccine. That is ZERO.
Vincent Rajkumar
@VincentRK
Feb 7, 2022
The only people who have been consistently right on Covid have been those who have consistently raised the alarm.