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Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

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Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

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Interesting timing here with regards to the US election. Edit/Update: "She said she learned of the results from the outside panel of experts shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, and that the timing was not influenced by the election." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/heal... Edit2: I failed to realize that it was necessary to point out that the timing of this press release is interesting. I wasn't i…

Are you serious?

Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

#122
post #39

Interesting timing here with regards to the US election. Edit/Update: "She said she learned of the results from the outside panel of experts shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, and that the timing was not influenced by the election." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/heal... Edit2: I failed to realize that it was necessary to point out that the timing of this press release is interesting. I wasn't i…

Hey I got decent aluminum foil hats I can sell you for $500/each. They are the only way to protect against deep state mind control rays :)

I'm offering a complete aluminum body suits for $5000/each. Covers when they aim the signals upwards to catch the people only wearing foil hats. ^_^

Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

#123

I 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.

They produced it within months; it's the clinical trials to prove its efficiency and safety that took a while.

I wonder if this experience has led to developments to speed up the development process (without compromising on safety); I hope so, because this is not the first and will not be the last time we see a worldwide pandemic like this.

Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

#124
post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know exactly what I meant so don't pretend otherwise. By the way, 1.26 million is less than 0.02% of the world's population.

No, I don't. Please explain.

Apologies. I meant the myth of "Long Covid" – people being permanently disabled after they had Covid.

Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

#125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what are you insinuating here?

That cvoid will dissappear after the election. pfizer clearly had this data earlier and held it until after election

Citation needed.

Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

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post #26
post #17

Seems like a good time to buy shares in whoever manufactures industrial sized extra cold freezers.

So which company benefits the most here? From a cursory googling the following seem decent: - The Whirlpool Corporation - Electrolux AB - LG Electronics Inc. problem is these companies have a lot of exposure to other sectors as well of course.

https://www.skycell.ch/

Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

#128
post #39

Interesting timing here with regards to the US election. Edit/Update: "She said she learned of the results from the outside panel of experts shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, and that the timing was not influenced by the election." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/heal... Edit2: I failed to realize that it was necessary to point out that the timing of this press release is interesting. I wasn't i…

what are you insinuating here?

That the timing of the press release is interesting... first business day after the election is called.

Massive corporations do have political agendas. I don't think anyone would argue they don't. But maybe it's just coincidence?

Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

#129
post #12

By not knowing how long the immunity/protection lasts, it could mean people would have take the vaccine every 6months?12months?

If you get the virus, you only appear to be immune for a short time (6months, would have to look it up). This matches other coronavirus and how you can get colds multiple times a year. In reality, a vaccine is probably going to offer a lower (but if this study is true, acceptable) level of protection. I wouldn’t be surprised if the protection drops exponentially after 2 months. Similar to the live virus

>In reality, a vaccine is probably going to offer a lower (but if this study is true, acceptable) level of protection. I wouldn’t be surprised if the protection drops exponentially after 2 months. Similar to the live virus

Serology reports for the Moderna vaccine (very similar technology) are showing 4-5 times higher levels of antibodies than those who actually contracted the virus.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2028436

Re: Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% protection

#130
post #87

The virus is (heavily) mutating folks. Heavy mutations likely related to recombination with rhino-viruses. This vaccine will likely be outdated when generally available.

The mutations seen so far are minor and don't appear to impact our ability to vaccinate against them.
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