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Wednesday, December 02, 2020 11:29:41 PM
U.K. Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine, a First in the West
"LONGTERM - Why a vaccine may not be enough to end the pandemic"
Don't think Trump would be happy at this. Johnson just took an arrow from his 'I'm the best' future quiver.
The emergency approval, ahead of the United States and the European Union, clears the way for Britain to begin mass inoculations. “Help is on its way,” one official said.
The government in London has been vague about how quickly it could stock hospitals, but doctors and nurses were preparing to begin vaccinating their colleagues within days. Andrew Testa for The New York Times
By Benjamin Mueller
Dec. 2, 2020Updated 7:06 p.m. ET
LONDON — Britain gave emergency authorization on Wednesday to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, leaping ahead of the United States to become the first Western country to allow mass inoculations against a disease that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide.
The decision cleared the way for a vaccination campaign with little precedent in modern medicine, encompassing not only ultracold dry ice but also a crusade against anti-vaccine misinformation.
Britain’s beating the United States to authorization — on a vaccine codeveloped by an American company, no less — intensified pressure on U.S. regulators, who are under fire from the White House .. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/01/world/covid-19-coronavirus/the-white-house-summons-the-head-of-the-fda-to-explain-why-the-pfizer-vaccine-has-not-received-approval .. for not moving faster to get doses to people. But it also fueled concerns that Britain was acting in haste for political reasons or trying to muscle its way to the front of the line for deliveries.
European regulators on Wednesday cast doubt on the rigor of Britain’s review and said that the authorization was limited to specific batches of the vaccine, a claim that Pfizer denied and British officials did not address.
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American regulators have argued that they lag behind — if only by a matter of days — because they are virtually alone in reanalyzing thousands of pages of raw data from vaccine trials before approval. Backers of that approach say it is the only way to minimize unintended damage, in lives and in public trust, from vaccines not working.
British and European regulators lean more heavily on the companies’ own analyses, auditing their figures occasionally but otherwise grounding their decisions on vaccine makers’ reports. While the more cautious American approach can be valuable, some scientists said the Europeans subject vaccine makers to considerable scrutiny, and it is imperative to move quickly to curb the suffering wrought by the pandemic.
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As vaccines become widely available, the scientific feat of developing them will give way to the social and political problem of convincing people to take them. In Britain, the source of some of the most virulent modern disinformation about vaccines, just over half of people have said in surveys they would definitely accept an inoculation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/world/europe/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-approved-uk.html
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"LONGTERM - Why a vaccine may not be enough to end the pandemic"
Don't think Trump would be happy at this. Johnson just took an arrow from his 'I'm the best' future quiver.
The emergency approval, ahead of the United States and the European Union, clears the way for Britain to begin mass inoculations. “Help is on its way,” one official said.
The government in London has been vague about how quickly it could stock hospitals, but doctors and nurses were preparing to begin vaccinating their colleagues within days. Andrew Testa for The New York Times
By Benjamin Mueller
Dec. 2, 2020Updated 7:06 p.m. ET
LONDON — Britain gave emergency authorization on Wednesday to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, leaping ahead of the United States to become the first Western country to allow mass inoculations against a disease that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide.
The decision cleared the way for a vaccination campaign with little precedent in modern medicine, encompassing not only ultracold dry ice but also a crusade against anti-vaccine misinformation.
Britain’s beating the United States to authorization — on a vaccine codeveloped by an American company, no less — intensified pressure on U.S. regulators, who are under fire from the White House .. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/01/world/covid-19-coronavirus/the-white-house-summons-the-head-of-the-fda-to-explain-why-the-pfizer-vaccine-has-not-received-approval .. for not moving faster to get doses to people. But it also fueled concerns that Britain was acting in haste for political reasons or trying to muscle its way to the front of the line for deliveries.
European regulators on Wednesday cast doubt on the rigor of Britain’s review and said that the authorization was limited to specific batches of the vaccine, a claim that Pfizer denied and British officials did not address.
[...]
American regulators have argued that they lag behind — if only by a matter of days — because they are virtually alone in reanalyzing thousands of pages of raw data from vaccine trials before approval. Backers of that approach say it is the only way to minimize unintended damage, in lives and in public trust, from vaccines not working.
British and European regulators lean more heavily on the companies’ own analyses, auditing their figures occasionally but otherwise grounding their decisions on vaccine makers’ reports. While the more cautious American approach can be valuable, some scientists said the Europeans subject vaccine makers to considerable scrutiny, and it is imperative to move quickly to curb the suffering wrought by the pandemic.
[...]
As vaccines become widely available, the scientific feat of developing them will give way to the social and political problem of convincing people to take them. In Britain, the source of some of the most virulent modern disinformation about vaccines, just over half of people have said in surveys they would definitely accept an inoculation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/world/europe/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-approved-uk.html
See also:
America's vaccination crisis is a symptom of our broken society
[...]
Forget Trump – anti-vaxxers are the clear and present danger
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=157822437
'Completely unfathomable': US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=158464119
H.H.S. backs Trump reelection, blocks C.D.C. science expertise -
C.D.C. Testing Guidance Was Published Against Scientists’ Objections
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=158371281
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