#Pfizer

David Gorski, MD, PhD

gorskon

This is an example of "I'm provaccine, but..." with the "but" being "the disease isn't deadly" (a favorite antivax trope dating back to long before #COVID19) with a touch of

Mark_Coughlan

Mark_Coughlan

The news from Pfizer is great, but it's not just about fighting Covid. The Pfizer candidate is an mRNA vaccine, the tech to produce them didn't exist until recently. If

Tanya Lewis

tanyalewis314

There's been a lot of talk of vaccine hesitancy/people waiting to get the vaccine "until it's been tested on more people." Here are the facts: [1/6] 2 vaccines have been

Judd Legum

JuddLegum

1. The good news is there appears to be at least two highly effective vaccinesThe bad news is that they only work if you taken them and 40%+ of Americans

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

So, ummm... @IvankaTrump, it’s exciting but you need to kinda mention it’s only the results from only the *first 7 days*. Pfizer vaccine needs a later booster shot too. So

Kenny Mathieson

KennyMathieson

8 Simple Reasons Why Giving a 2nd Pfizer Dose After 12 Weeks Will Be a Public Health Disaster:1. An assumption has been made that the 90% efficacy reported in the

deonandan

deonandan

My thoughts re: today's news of the Pfizer/Biontech (thread):->43000 enrolled, but prelim data based on 94 instances of COVID infection, 90% of whom were in placebo group-this days after the

el gato malo

boriquagato

like the moderna trial, pfizer is also using a far more limited definition of "covid 19" than the CDC or US states.it requires not only a positive PCR test, but

Elaine Doyle

laineydoyle

Alright. A quick round-up of useful threads on the Pfizer vaccine results and what they could mean.First port of call: @statnews which - as usual - has probably the best

Yoong

yoongkhean

Ku Li should read about how vaccines work before releasing statements like this, which can be damaging if public refuse to get vaccinated or have vaccine hesitancy.First, any vaccine’s aim

Shaun Lintern

ShaunLintern

NHS England sent an email to medical directors last night warning of allergic reactions to Pfizer vaccine after 2 NHS staff with a history of allergies suffered reactions yesterday -

The Intercept

theintercept

World faces Covid-19 “vaccine apartheid” https://interc.pt/2Ldfemo by @fastlerner Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey — all countries that hosted vaccine trials — will have to be satisfied with Pfizer’s gratitude,

Nsikan Akpan, PhD

MoNscience

Moderna claims its #COVID19 mRNA vaccine is 95% effective via results from its first interim analysis.Let's unpack what they've presented...https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/modernas-covid-19-vaccine

Lisa Du

lisadont

Covid-19 vaccinations start in Japan today w/ healthcare workers. The recently approved Pfizer/BioNTech shot will be delivered to 100 public hospitals across Japan. Here's what we know so far about

Geoff Brumfiel

gbrumfiel

A lot of people are tweeting about how this new Pfizer vaccine finding has not been peer-reviewed. That's true, but it's also important to understand that academic peer-review is not

Mark R. Levin

marklevinshow

1. Phony Joe Biden.Joe Biden is truly an ambulance chaser. He had nothing to do with the vaccine that is about to be made available to the public, he had

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