News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to distribute in December. Parent comment

Re:Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to dist... by peteradio on Friday November 20, 2020 @11:04AM (#25161687)
The risk profile for all the age groups is wildly different. I don't think its a bad idea for people > age X to get this vaccine, one because they have a much higher risk of serious harm from corona _AND_ perhaps less risk of long term affects. But for someone who has very low risk of serious harm from corona, perhaps it makes sense to wait a little bit?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to dist... by pwinnski on Friday November 20, 2020 @11:29AM (#25161979)
Depends on what you mean by "a little bit." My understanding is that general availability isn't expected until probably April of 2021, by which point health care workers and other high risk groups of people will have had the vaccine for five months, and the trial participants for six months.
[ Parent | on HN ]