Something hit me as I read the 53 pages. I've never seen such a high rate of side effects associated with a vaccination. Apart from modest injection responses like as local redness and soreness, additional adverse events occur at a reasonably high incidence, particularly in children and after the second dosage. Consider the case of fever. It is a characteristic symptom that might develop transiently after an injection. However, 15.8% of 18 to 55-year-olds in this study had a fever of 38 degrees Celsius or higher within seven days after receiving the second injection. And 45% need medicine for fever or discomfort. Another 55% reported having headaches, while 62% reported being weary. No, it is really too much; maybe there is a problemâ Caumes said that he is one of the strongest defenders of vaccinations, describing them as âmiraclesâ that prevent rather than cure disease. However, he warned, âIf we get this wrong, the whole history of vaccination would be tainted.â
US officials approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on Friday, launching off the country's largest immunization campaign in history.
Their decision was based on a thorough examination of the facts demonstrating that the injection is both safe and extremely effective, and is thus likely to be a critical instrument in combating the epidemic. Pfizer and its German biotech partner, BioNTech, evaluated its vaccine in a worldwide research in which more than 40,000 participants were randomly assigned to receive two doses of the vaccination or two doses of a placebo injection.
The FDA estimates that it will take until 2096 to distribute the whole 451,000-page dossier required to approve Pfizer's vaccine.
The vaccine's fast spread has occurred beneath a shroud of stringent secrecy, allowing for little public examination of Pfizer's expanding dominance.
Additionally, ensuring that governments throughout the globe have adequate money to purchase vaccinations is critical to universal immunization. Moderna said in August that it would charge between $32 and $37 per dosage for its vaccine and may give a discount for large purchases. On the other hand, Pfizer's is more inexpensive. According to reports, each dosage costs $20. The United States has obtained 100 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which is sufficient to immunize 50 million individuals. However, researchers estimate that around 70% of the population must be vaccinated or have natural antibodies to obtain herd immunity. This equates to around 462 million doses for herd immunity and approximately 660 million doses for the whole population. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a member of the Pfizer board of directors, told CNBC on Tuesday that President Donald Trump rebuffed the company's offer to purchase extra dosages. A discussion on blinding the control group
