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[dewophile]

Depressing news

totally
Rather unexpected too based on company disclosures

[vinmantoo]

Here's the link to the NVAX FDA briefing documents: https://www.fda.gov/media/158912/download

Thanks for the link.

Depressing news.

Yes it is depressing. The efficacy was good. The side-effects after the first dose wasn't an issue fine but what is troubling is the jump in grade 3 side effects after the second dose. I sold off 1/3 of my position based on that.

It may be that the FDA wasn't as aware or concerned about side-effect after the low incidence of myocarditis in mRNA vaccines than when they were approved. I looked up the incidence of myocarditis in mRNA vaccines but it is ~1 per 100,000, which is an order of magnitude lower than this reports says for NVAX.