Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
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#2Great news and the markets are reacting very positively to the news as well which indicates to me this could be the beginning of the end!
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#3Great. This is the one that has to be kept ultra cold. Hoping for good news about some of the other vaccines in Phase 3 trials soon.
The vaccine reportedly needs to be held in storage at -94° Fahrenheit (-70°c), and will last for only 24 hours at refrigerated temps between 35.6° and 46.4°. (about 2° to 8° c)
from https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/pfizer-moderna-s-...
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#4I am blown away at how quickly the world/science/this company produced this. Clearly this is not the end of it but this is something positive.
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#5At the time of writing (2020-11-09 12:04 UTC) the article uses "90% of people" and "90% protection" interchangeably. I assume it means "90% of individuals achieve immunity", rather than "individuals achieve 90% immunity".
EDIT: See child comment re: Pfizer press release.
EDIT 2: See [1] for said press release, which has more detailed information than the BBC article.
[1] https://investors.pfizer.com/investor-news/press-release-det...
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#6Great. This is the one that has to be kept ultra cold. Hoping for good news about some of the other vaccines in Phase 3 trials soon. The vaccine reportedly needs to be held in storage at -94° Fahrenheit (-70°c), and will last for only 24 hours at refrigerated temps between 35.6° and 46.4°. (about 2° to 8° c) from https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/pfizer-moderna-s-...
On the other hand:
"BioNTech CEO expects vaccine can be fridge-stored for two weeks"
"Speaking at an online media briefing on the purchase of an additional German production site, Chief Executive Ugur Sahin said tests have recently confirmed the genetic compound remains stable at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius for five days but he expects storability at those conditions to be two weeks or longer."
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-biontech-...
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#7UK already ordered 30M out of the 50M avail for this year. So no going on winter break to Thailand just yet!
Wondering who will grab the next 20M, and how much this vaccine is being sold per dose.
(edit: PFE is currently trading +13% pre-market on the NYSE)
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
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Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#9It might be more helpful to link to Pfizer's press release versus a media summary of it.
https://investors.pfizer.com/investor-news/press-release-det...
Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection
#10At the time of writing (2020-11-09 12:04 UTC) the article uses "90% of people" and "90% protection" interchangeably. I assume it means "90% of individuals achieve immunity", rather than "individuals achieve 90% immunity". EDIT: See child comment re: Pfizer press release. EDIT 2: See [1] for said press release, which has more detailed information than the BBC article. [1] https://investors.pfizer.com/investor-news/pre…
From Pfizer's press release, they use "vaccine efficacy" which has a very specific definition.
"Vaccine efficacy is the percentage reduction of disease in a vaccinated group of people compared to an unvaccinated group"
So basically a 90% reduction in Covid infection.