Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to distribute in December

Re:Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to dist... by dragonwriter on Friday November 20, 2020 @09:40AM (#25160816)

> These studies were larger than usual to make up for the decreased time

Larger studies don't make up for decreased time in either identifying long term effectiveness or identifying delayed effects.

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Re:Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to dist... by coldcode on Friday November 20, 2020 @10:02AM (#25161054)

If you want to wait a lifetime to see if there are any issues you have that choice. But vaccines, even mRNA ones, are unlikely to have any long term effects worse than the disease itself.

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Re:Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to dist... by ahulak on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:05PM (#25164356)

This sums it up quite nicely. What is worse? The vaccine or covid?

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