Re: Pfizer Says Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective

> > >>> "Pfizer's experimental COVID-19 vaccine appears to be working. The

> >>> vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective, according to clinical
> >>> results released by the company Monday.
> >>>
> >>> That news comes from an interim analysis of a study involving 43,538
> >>> volunteers, 42% of whom had "diverse backgrounds."
> >>>
> >>> Each participant got two injections spaced 21 days apart. The analysis
> >>> compared the number of cases of COVID-19 among the volunteers getting
> >>> the vaccine, with an approximately equal sized group of volunteers who
> >>> got an injection of a liquid that didn't contain the vaccine. > >>>
> >>> In a news release from Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, the company said
> >>> results from 94 evaluable cases of COVID-19 among study participants
> >>> indicated the more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. The Food
> >>> and Drug Administration set a minimum effectiveness bar at 50%." > >>>
> >>>
> >>>

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> >> You know what's coming next.  Trump and the Trumpets will be claiming > >> that
> >> this was deliberately withheld by Pfizer until after the election to
> >> screw him.  I can see Rudy holding a press conference to announce another
> >> lawsuit based on that speculation.
> >>
> >
> > Probably true. That would be just like the trump camp.
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> Pense just bragged about how trump's program has come through with this
> vaccine. Pfizer has denied that, saying they received none of the money
> from trumps "program".

Would be interesting to get to the truth on that. From all that I've heard, I thought the govt has handed out billions to pharmaceutical companies for speculative execution on making huge quantities of the vaccines that have shown promise. On 60 Mins last night the general said the govt has spent $12 bil so far, he didn't say for exactly what, though part of the program was about already going forward with huge volume production. But I would take Pfizer's word for it. And if they didn't get money, did their competitors?