OT Coronavirus: America in chaos, News and Updates. One million Americans dead and counting

https://ktvz.com/news/coronavirus/2...covid-19-cases-1-death-case-count-tops-50000/

Oregon reports 874 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death; case count tops 50,000

 

wow, our numbers in Oregon have to be on the bottom of the list...for now

 

Does anybody pay for Oregon live?? Doubt it but worth a shot lol

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/cov...ercent-effective-in-preventing-infection.html

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech announced Monday their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 among those without evidence of prior infection, hailing the development as “a great day for science and humanity.”

“I think we can see light at the end of the tunnel,” Pfizer Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla told CNBC’s Meg Tirell on “Squawk Box.”


It comes as drugmakers and research centers around the world scramble to deliver a safe and effective vaccine in an attempt to bring an end to the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 1.25 million lives worldwide.

Scientists are hoping for a coronavirus vaccine that is at least 75% effective, while White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has previously said one that is 50% or 60% effective would be acceptable.

U.S. stock futures skyrocketed on the news. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1,458 points, implying an opening gain of more than 1,400 points.

The results were based on the first interim efficacy analysis conducted by an external and independent Data Monitoring Committee from the phase three clinical study. The independent group of experts oversees U.S. clinical trials to ensure the safety of participants.

The analysis evaluated 94 confirmed Covid-19 infections among the trial’s 43,538 participants. Pfizer and BioNTech said the case split between vaccinated individuals and those who received a placebo indicated a vaccine efficacy rate of above 90% at seven days after the second dose.


It means that protection from Covid-19 is achieved 28 days after the initial vaccination, which consists of a two-dose schedule.

The final vaccine efficacy percentage may vary, however, as safety and additional data continue to be collected.

“The first set of results from our Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial provides the initial evidence of our vaccine’s ability to prevent COVID-19,” Bourla said in a statement.

“We are reaching this critical milestone in our vaccine development program at a time when the world needs it most with infection rates setting new records, hospitals nearing over-capacity and economies struggling to reopen,” Bourla continued.

“With today’s news, we are a significant step closer to providing people around the world with a much-needed breakthrough to help bring an end to this global health crisis. We look forward to sharing additional efficacy and safety data generated from thousands of participants in the coming weeks.”

Roughly 42% of the trial’s global participants had racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, Pfizer and BioNTech said, adding that there haven’t been any serious safety concerns reported yet.

The companies said they planned to submit for emergency use authorization to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration soon after they have two months of data, which is currently on track for the third week of November.

Based on current projections, Pfizer and BioNTech expect to produce up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020, and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021.

The companies said they plan to submit data from the full phase three trial, which began on July 27, for scientific peer-review publication.

U.S. officials and scientists are hopeful a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 will be ready in the first half of 2021 — 12 to 18 months since Chinese scientists first identified the coronavirus and mapped its genetic sequence.

It’s a record-breaking time frame for a process that normally takes about a decade for an effective and safe vaccine. The fastest-ever vaccine development, mumps, took more than four years and was licensed in 1967.

 

And I was right again. I said a vaccine for high risk people would be available in December.

 

The crazy part about this is it came from Pfizer who was not part of the "Warp Speed" program at all. A certain President will not be making money off this because he invested in the wrong company.

 

This high risk person isn’t taking anything until it has been throughly tested and vetted for effectiveness and safety. I expect that that will still be at least a year out......

 

The Pfizer news is good news, and for sure, 2020 hasn't given us any of that until this last week

and of course, trump and his cohort of corrupt idiots are trying to claim credit:




and unsurprisingly, it's all a pack of fucking lies:





and there is this:

 

Joe Biden just said the vaccine would be free to everyone just like Trump.

 

your last prediction for a December was when you predicted Nurkic would return in Dec. 2019. "Again' might not mean what you think it means

j/k....just yanking your chain man.

as for the prediction it seemed a rather safe one. IIRC, emergency use declarations usually precede wide availability by 6-9 months, and most estimates put the likelihood of wide availability about next summer. Fauci has been saying for months now (when he hasn't been gagged by trump) that's he's been optimistic that emergency use could happen this year. But he always cautions that normal people (are there any posting here?...I'm skeptical) shouldn't expect vaccine availability till summer

still, this is cautious great news. A 90% effective vaccine would be amazing, so maybe that's too high a high water mark. It may drop as the trial goes further. But it's at least worth comparing that to the flu vaccine:



https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm

so, even if the effectiveness dropped down to the 70% range, we'd be in good condition. That would almost certainly get the infection rate below 1, and once that happens, we can see the end of the tunnel.

but we should be wearing masks for months unfortunately. And maybe vulnerable people, and cautious people, should wear masks even after getting vaccinated. A 1 in 4 chance of the vaccine not working is still a dangerous situation for a lot of people

 

Both are Socialists. Who knew...

 

wait....only people 'just like trump' will get the vaccine free? That's a pretty short list

 

I of course hope that Pfizer's claims are true and accurate, but count me as sceptical.

 

When the VA approves it, I'll take it.

 

I disagree. From the article it stated "Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former FDA commissioner and a member of Pfizer’s board, told CNBC the vaccine could be available in limited use as early as late December and widely available by the third quarter of 2021." I think the limited use would be for high risk people.

 

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