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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by GhostVII on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:02AM (#25034310)
I don't think it's totally unbelievable that they waited until after the election to release preliminary results. Waiting a week or two wouldn't hurt the timeline, and would significantly damage Trump's campaign. If I worked at Pfizer that's what I would do.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by yokaze on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:43AM (#25034696)
At the risk of damaging Pfizers bottom-line, if someone manages to produce results before them, and at the risk of getting fired and sued for doing so.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by IgorPartola on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:11PM (#25053344)
The protocol was to release the results when enough people got sick. You can’t control when hat happens.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by bluGill on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:36AM (#25034632)
It is - even if the company is 90% blue, that is still 10% that is red and will ensure this leaks early.
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Re:Covid vaccine: First ‘milestone’ vaccine offers 90% prote... by SpicyLemonZest on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:23AM (#25034495)
It’s just such a fundamentally bizarre idea that I think it needs a lot more support than just “not totally unbelievable”. Most people don’t warp all their decisions around partisan politics.
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