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

Re:Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to dist... by brewdad on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:23PM (#25162617)

Is there a way to package the vaccine that would "prove" proper handling all through the chain of custody? Sort of the biological equivalent of the shock tags moving companies put on boxes containing fragile items.

Given how sensitive to temperature this vaccine is, I would like some reassurance that no one mishandled it along the way.

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Re:Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to dist... by mariojv on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:36PM (#25162771)

It's not proof to you, but Pfizer is shipping the vaccine in boxes that monitor temperature and location and transmit it to them so they can watch it. I trust that they wouldn't allow risky doses to be used. The risk to them of something bad happening and the public losing trust in the vaccine is too great.

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Re:Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to dist... by brewdad on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:42PM (#25162827)

I'm less concerned about Pfizer mishandling it than medical facilities and doctor's offices which may not be used to dealing with doses that are temperature sensitive to such an extreme.

You know, the nurse who queues up a few doses at a time and then gets delayed in actually administering them.

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