Pfizer has just scored a spctacular own goal. It turns out that by doing things very very very accurately, a person using the Pfizer vials can extract an extra dose – 6 injections instead of the 5 that were promised. So Pfizer, having recognized that governments (actually their citizens, who pay for everything that government […]
Why is Health Canada hesitating in approving the AstraZeneca vaccine? It’s certainly the right step to make sure this vaccine is safe. And if HC is simply waiting for more data about effectiveness, a simple press release would be enough to let us know why we’re still waiting for approval for this vaccine months after […]
According to a multi-country (all of them apparently “advanced” countries) study of COVID-19 deaths published in the European Journal of Epidemiology , although very few children and young adults die of COVID-19, that advantage quickly dissipates so that currently a middle-aged person has a 100 times higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than they have of […]
We desperately need new vaccines for COVID. But before those vaccines receive approval from the powers-that-be, those vaccine candidates have to be subjected to rigorous phase 3 trials to prove the vaccines actually work. In these phase 3 trials, 1/3-1/2 the subjects will, of course, get a placebo (that is, no protection from the virus) […]
Everyone in Canada is angry at having no Pfizer vaccine delivered to Canada this week, and if you’re not, you should be. The EU also had its vaccine delivery cut this week to 92% – not cut by 92 % but cut to 92 % – and the EU is livid with Pfizer. So we […]
According to a report in The Mail Online, Britain is fast-tracking a £158million factory that within 4-5 months will “allow the UK to be self-sufficient in vaccine production and not have to rely on overseas supplies”. In other words, when another pandemic of any type hits – not if, but when – the UK won’t […]
Canada will only receive about half the number of Pfizer doses it had expected over the next four weeks. Yet, when Pfizer announced the same cut for the EU a week ago, Angela Merkel and her buddies immediately phoned the powers at Pfizer to register their complaint, and presto and very unsurprisingly, within hours, Pfizer […]
We are way more likely to adhere to restrictive behavior if we’re told that the reason we shouldn’t do something is that it’s likely to be a problem for us as individuals (or to our close friends and relatives) rather than if we’re told, “Hey, you shouldn’t do that because it’s bad for everyone else.” […]
Joe Biden says that he is certain that the US will be able to vaccinate 100 million Americans within 100 days of his taking office. And Dr. Anthony Fauci says it’s “doable.” So in pretty simple terms, if the Americans hit their mark, that means that over 33 % of the US population will have […]
According to 100 Mile House Mayor Mitch Campsall, “It’s been rough”, which is about as under-stated a statement as you can make for a tiny community that has been dealing with more than 60 cases of COVID (and much worse to come, alas, if the SARS-Co-V-2 variants take off as everyone fears they might). And […]