Posted on 11/18/2020 9:23:33 AM PST by Kaslin
Pfizer's and BioNTech's vaccine candidate has been crushing it in clinical trials. Their latest data, revealed Wednesday morning, shows that the candidate is 95 percent effective and has consistent results across "age, gender, race and ethnicity demographics." On top of that, they've reported no serious safety concerns.
"Primary efficacy analysis demonstrates BNT162b2 to be 95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose;170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were evaluated, with 162 observed in the placebo group versus 8 in the vaccine group."
The results should be celebrated. And they have been, by people not interested in politics. But because all this great news happened under Operation Warp Speed's watch, liberals everywhere are instead expressing their skepticism. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is among them, even going so far as to suggest that he'd block the distribution of a vaccine in New York. In her vice presidential debate with Mike Pence last month, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) instructed Americans not to take the vaccine if President Trump tells them to.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) did a virtual shake of the head on Twitter.
Years from now #OperationWarpSpeed will be considered one of the greatest American achievements of the 21st centuryThose of us not suffering from a case of severe Anti-Trump derangement are ready to begin recognizing that now https://t.co/2JlL5F2Aje — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 18, 2020
Operation Warp Speed is a public-private partnership that has done impressive and efficient work to encourage COVID-19 vaccine research and development. The project has helped spearhead a vaccine in record time.
Thanks to President Trump's #OperationWarpSpeed, we are closer than ever to a COVID-19 vaccine.
Last week: Pfizer announced their vaccine may be more than 90% effective.
This week: Moderna’s vaccine trial early results appear to be 94.5% effective. pic.twitter.com/i6ZfjksoBd — GOP (@GOP) November 18, 2020
#OperationWarpSpeed has produced rapid tests and life-saving therapeutics. We're now likely on the doorstep of having the first vaccine candidate approved by the FDA.
We owe our doctors and scientists a great deal of gratitude. — Rep. Brad Wenstrup (@RepBradWenstrup) November 13, 2020
Pfizer has tried to distance itself from Operation Warp Speed, but this is from their own press release in July.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the execution of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense to meet the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed program goal to begin delivering 300 million doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 in 2021. Under the agreement, the U.S. government will receive 100 million doses of BNT162, the COVID-19 vaccine candidate jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, after Pfizer successfully manufactures and obtains approval or emergency use authorization from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
President Trump also pushed back at Pfizer in his Rose Garden press conference last week.
"In July, my administration reached an agreement with Pfizer to provide $1.95 billion to support the mass manufacturing and distribution of 100 million doses, with the option to purchase a total of 600 million doses shortly thereafter," he said. "Our investment will make it possible for the vaccine to be provided by Pfizer free of charge.
"Pfizer said it wasn’t part of Warp Speed, but that turned out to be a unfortunate misrepresentation. They are part. That’s why we gave them the $1.95 million — billion dollars. And it was an unfortunate mistake that they made when they said that."
Pfizer is expected to put in a request for an FDA Emergency Use Authorization "within days."
This has been an amazing achievement and the biggest part of it was the agreement to start mass-producing doses DURING phase 3 trials. That’s never been done before because they have to completely retool the factory to create doses of a new vaccine or drug, and that investment never begins until phase 3 trials are complete.
By negotiating with the vaccine makers and purchasing doses in advance, President Trump managed to cut several months (possibly as much as a year) off the timeline to roll out safe and effective vaccines to Americans. Further, by making the advance purchase, he secured those doses for AMERICA FIRST.
Thank you President Trump! Those of us paying attention see you, and appreciate you!
Pfizer didn't use fetal stem cells in their R&D. There's no ethical issue with their product.
"or a DNA changing Vaccine"
None of the vaccines have any capability to touch DNA, let alone unravel it, selectively cleave it, perform inserts, or repair it. Each of those steps are necessary to make changes. The mRNA platform vaccines lack that capability. They're simply mRNA in a lipid (fat) shell.
The lipid shell merges with a normal body cell upon contact, releasing mRNA into the cell. The mRNA encounters ribosomes in the cell and the ribosomes manufacture whatever protein is encoded in the mRNA. This is all ribosomes do all day anyway. The protein encoded in the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA is the S-protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2. It's not infectious or harmful in any way by itself; it's just the protein that enables the virus to attach to human cells and it's what the human immune system recognizes as foreign. When the ribosomes produce the S-protein, the immune system reacts to its presence and immunity develops naturally. The next time that protein is discovered in the body (for example, when you're exposed to SARS-CoV-2 at the grocery store), your body immediately responds and overwhelms the virus with antibodies and you never develop a disease.
"Will it be the guillotine? FEMA Camp? Or Room 101?"
Pure, unbridled paranoid speculation based on nothing. President Trump has said from the beginning and even Fauci has said from the beginning that any vaccine would be completely voluntary. Don't want it? Simply decline to receive it.
How amazing is what our president has done in securing this vaccine for the world?
According to info at the link it takes about 10 years from start to finish to create and bring a vaccine to market.
“When we are used to five-year time frames, to see something go into human testing on March 17 is really a remarkable thing,” he told CNBC. “Does this guarantee success? Not necessarily. Vaccine development is characterised by a high failure rate – often 93% between animal studies and registration of a product.”
“The discovery and research phase is normally two-to-five years, according to the Wellcome Trust. In total, a vaccine can take more than 10 years to fully develop and costs up to $500 million, the UK charity says.”
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/vaccine-development-barriers-coronavirus/
Who gives a rat’s ass what this limp-wristed, gutless RINO POS has to say about ANYTHING. Add Operation Warp Speed to the multitude of the President’s accomplishments done without ANY meaningful assistance from the Repukelicans. Friggin’ scumbag... go back to congratulate the “projected” President Elect, whatever the hell that is.
If that creepy RINO, Little Boots, is excited about this, then I really have no interest in lining up with my sleeve rolled up.
“STORY AT-A-GLANCE
Pfizer, in a joint venture with BioNTech, announced that their mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, was “more than 90% effective” in a Phase 3 trial
While Pfizer did release a clinical protocol of its trial, it only issued a press release; data for the interim analysis has not been peer reviewed or published
Infectious disease expert William Haseltine criticized COVID-19 vaccine trials, including Pfizer’s, saying their protocols reveal that they’re “designed to prove their vaccines work, even if the measured effects are minimal”
Asymptomatic infections aren’t regularly being tested for in Pfizer’s trial, so it’s possible that those who have been vaccinated could still be asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19, spreading the disease to others
Also missing from Pfizer’s press release is how the vaccine fared in different age groups, a key data point since older people are those most at risk of serious disease outcomes
There is concern that COVID-19 vaccines could cause antibody-dependent enhancement, or ADE, in which the vaccine enhances the virus’ ability to enter and infect your cells, resulting in more severe disease than had you not been vaccinated
It’s far too soon to know whether the vaccine is safe, as, on average, it can take 10 to 12 years for a vaccine to be developed and go through the normal licensing process”
Full article:
LOL. You are a mind reader of the highest order. Thank you.
Thanks for being the voice of reason here. I don’t think Biden’s going to make the vaccine mandatory either. Now if Biden doesn’t make it through his term and we get a President Harris, then all bets are off.
Pfizer isn’t in your link, and for good reason: they didn’t use any. So again, your argument is invalid. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/pfizer-covid-vaccine-not-created-with-fetal-cells/
Your other links are about the UK and New Zealand. If you live in those countries, that’s too bad. I live in the USA. Nobody is setting up a “guillotine” (your words) for those who decline to get the vaccine.
I’m not an apologist for anyone. I correct hysterical nonsense with simple, verifiable facts from authoritative sources. I will continue to do so.
Pfizer did not use fetal stem cells at any stage of their COVID-19 vaccine development. Several others also used only ethical methods. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/pfizer-covid-vaccine-not-created-with-fetal-cells/
"DNA altering vaccines."
None of the vaccines alter DNA. This is hysterical nonsense and fearmongering of the highest order.
Not to take away anything at all about what President Trump has accomplished, but their timeline is a little out of date. In the 1940s, it took a decade or so to come up with a viable vaccine candidate. There was no genetic analysis, supercomputers looking at protein folding, models for how surface proteins enable pathogenic cellular entry, etc. By the 1990s, we could put forth a vaccine candidate within ~5 years. For SARS2003, we had a vaccine candidate in 2 years. Ebola in 2014 took 7 months. Zika in 2016 took 6 months. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) took 2 months.
So this has been an evolving process where we’ve gotten better and better about isolating a new pathogen, breaking down its genetic code, working out how it’s attacking our cells, and finding the best ways to stop it. What President Trump really did here that’s so remarkable was to provide significant financial incentives, streamline the regulatory process (not shortchange it or cut corners - just ensure that the process moved along efficiently), and negotiate with the manufacturers to get the vaccine factories built/retooled and producing doses before the drug trials completed.
So yes, while a vaccine CAN take 10 years, it’s more common these days to have a vaccine candidate within a few months, but then take a couple years of regulatory Hell, then another year or so to begin mass production and distribution.
Coming from the private sector he knows how to cut thru the bullsh*t which makes up 95% of the bureaucracy. It nis one of the reasons he is such a successful and productive President.
In MA, all students are mandated to get the flu vaccine, even my son at college got the postcard from school...I imagine the covid vaccine will be next. No flu vaccine, no school.
Another great reason to homeschool, right?
I’m not defending it; just saying it’s not exactly forced on everyone at that point. I understand it makes life more difficult for people who aren’t really set up for easy homeschooling, but it’s far from a to-the-person mandate.
There’s a lot of great colleges in free states that would love to have your son attend. But I also understand he may have his heart set on where he is.
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