Ulrich2

Fully agree. Interesting enough, global CO2 certificates would not affect Bitcoin at all (unlike air travel and cement). In the case of Bitcoin they would simply mean that the price per hash rate goes up for everyone, and therefore the difficulty is reduced.

So... if Bitcoin can push politics to make better, more air(!)-tight rules for CO2 certificates faster, then it would be clearly have a net benefit for the world.

The core issue has nothing to do with Bitcoin: The environmental impact of "X" has to be priced into the product cost. That is a legal question at its core. I know that is easier said than done, but it is the only long term solution. CO2 certificates are one way to do it, and it already helps.

*X= Air Travel, Bitcoin, Cement... whatever creates large amount of CO2

And while we are at it: Overfishing is another huge tragedy of the commons that needs more attention.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

No, because AZ does not work against the SA variant of the virus, but BT does.

Unfortunately there is huge difference when it comes to the South African variant. AZ no longer works, but Pfizer does:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55975052

vs.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/question-choices-pfi...

The 2nd key reason is that no other vaccine is backed up by so much real world data as BT because of Israel. That is the very topic of this thread. That is why I thought it is self-explanatory.

The side effect of this amazing BioNTech/Pfizer success: Meanwhile AstraZeneca is clearly only the second choice. At least locally here in my town (EU) people line up for Biontech, but the vaccination centers that offer AstraZeneca report up to 50% no shows.

Marburg started production a few days ago: Brand new factory just came online: https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-det...

This process started in September already. It was founded partly with EU and German money, and will be producing vaccines for the world.

Please note that the EU is the _only_ Western country that is currently exporting vaccines to the world. It is the US + UK that are blocking all exports. Even Canada gets its vaccines from the EU, since the US is not sending them any.

So yes, clearly the EU has made mistakes (fully agree with the 1st part of your post), but they had good intentions and it is not as bad as you make it sound.

> 2015 I saw she had moved to the private sector

Strange that the author does not mention she joined BioNTech:

https://biontech.de/sites/default/files/2019-08/20140202_Bio...

If the state (any state) would decide on this, we would have not any mRna vaccines because "obviously this new thing will not work and/or is too risky".. Remember that just a year ago the AZ vaccine was the clear front runner. That is also one of the reasons why the EU did not order enough/too late of Biontech.

Good news: Curevac needs only a standard refrigerator for storage. Hopefully it works. Also, Biontech is working on a V2.0 with less cooling required.

Here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... "Vaccine scandal and confidence crisis in China"

Sources for what?

Of course EU/UK/USA signed deals with their local companies first, just like China and Russia.

And in the case of China we have long history of problems with medical products.

Can this phase3 data be trusted? Is the raw data available for screening/checking, or do we have only the publication?

Of course EU/UK/USA consider it. But none of these vaccines have provided any trustworthy data of their efficacy and safety. And none of the makers of these vaccines even applied to be used in EU/UK/USA.

If today's publication changes that status for Sputnik V remains to be seen. Still many open questions.

Well, the solution to this dispute is easy => We just wait another 8 weeks:

(1) If am right, then Covid is gone in Israel by end of March.

(2) If you are right, Covid will be still a huge problem in in Israel.

Well... maybe not. What the EU suspects is that vaccine that was produced in the EU with EU money was shipped to the UK in December. I have read that even until last week shipments went from the EU to the UK.

If so, AZ and/or the UK government are actively cheating the EU. Is it true? I guess time will tell.

Good source for latest vaccine news: https://twitter.com/QuentinAries

Please stop spreading lies. The paper is only about "The effectiveness of the first dose of BNT162 ..."

50% efficacy after the first dose is exactly the number that BioNTech reported in its Phase3 trial. So nothing unusual here. That is why the 2nd booster shot is needed to get to 95%.

Please stop spreading lies. The paper is only about "The effectiveness of the first dose of BNT162 ..."

50% efficacy after the first dose is exactly the number that BioNTech reported in its Phase3 trial. So nothing unusual here. That is why the 2nd booster shot is needed to get to 95%.

Sure, Moscow. My relatives in Vladivostok report a total collapse of the (local) health system.

Comac C919 is not even in service yet. Sanctions are probably because of alleged IP theft:

https://www.economist.com/gulliver/2018/11/05/america-accuse...

Also, Dr. Shi Zhengli (石正丽) the famous Wuhan lab researcher has not seen for while, except for some "jack ma" style video interview.

I dont understand that:

1. So someone sells (potentially) worthless Tether for Bitcoin, ok.

2. But who is selling his Bitcoin for Tether in these volumes? Miners need to sell for cash to finance their operations.

A bit older but related: "China: The Disappearing Millionaires"

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/083456-000-A/china-the-disappe...

Why does anyone get screwed here? Getting a prize is totally optional. It is not a salary or something.