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Re:How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time by dm319 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @04:01PM (#25410235)
The paper is available [1]. They did a reasonable job - 9% black/african-american and nearly 30% latino (the trial was run in Argentina and Brazil). Subgroup analysis similar efficacy between groups. Around 25% were more than 65. Maybe not so ideal as that is one of the key groups. Immunocompromised were excluded, which is understandable, but the data would have been interesting.

[1] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2034577?query=RP

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Re:How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time by baud147258 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:08PM (#25410850)
> the trial was run in Argentina and Brazil

why not run the trial in the country where the vaccine is going to be sold?

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Re:How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time by dm319 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:19PM (#25410954)
To keep your market larger?

/s

Most trials were run in countries where a large number of new cases were expected over the trial period. Government measures in almost all first world countries brought the R rate right down, which is disastrous for a trial looking for results.

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Re:How Pfizer delivered a Covid vaccine in record time by Rapzid on Sunday December 13, 2020 @06:31PM (#25411580)
Brazil just committed to purchasing 70 million doses..
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