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originally posted by: Caled
Here is the question; does Pfizer get paid up front, regardless of the number of doses actually ordered? If so, then they don't have to manufacture hardly anything. Free money!
originally posted by: Thoughtful1
The Paxlovid flop.
So Paxlovid isn't effective at treating standard risk patients or as a post exposure prophylaxis, and is really only effective at treating high risk patients. It also has some very serious adverse drug interactions but then who cares. Then there's that rebound effect. shhh.
"Not every trial needs to work to be successful."
Pfizer knows the score so despite this they are expanding their Kalamazoo manufacturing facility to start mass production and everyone is excited because it will provide some jobs.
Bourla isn't worried "With up to 40-50% of people around the world estimated to be at high risk, we believe there remains a significant unmet need for treatment options."
This is a stretch that 50% of the world population is at serious risk of hospitalization and death from a mutated Covid virus. Of course Pfizer says that Paxlovid reduces Hosp/death by 89%.
The Biden administration ordered 20 million doses at $5.3 billion for a drug that has weak demand and now doesn't cover the majority of people. One would think that in the contract between Pfizer and the government there would be a provision that Pfizer would have to take back the drug and provide a refund if the drug does not work as expected.
I know. I am expecting too much but really...
www.statnews.com>2022/06/14>pfizers-paxl... Paxlovid study fails to answer questions over benefit...
www.pfizer.com>news>press-release-detail>p...
www.fiercepharma.com>manufacturing>pfize...www.fda.gov>press-announcements>coronav...
The Government of Canada has committed over $9 billion to procure vaccines and therapeutics and to provide international support. PHAC is responsible for managing this funding as the client department. A majority of that amount has been allocated for the doses of vaccines secured for everyone in Canada.
Canada has secured COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for 2022 and 2023, with options to extend into 2024. Some doses have been deferred from the initial agreements to 2022.
originally posted by: Guyfriday
From: Yahoo News
The Environmental Protection Agency stunned scientists and local officials across the country on Wednesday by releasing new health advisories for toxic "forever chemicals" known to be in thousands of U.S. drinking water systems, impacting potentially millions of people.
The new advisories cut the safe level of chemical PFOA by more than 17,000 times what the agency had previously said was protective of public health, to now just four "parts per quadrillion." The safe level of a sister chemical, PFOS, was reduced by a factor of 3,500. The chemicals are part of a class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals due to their extreme resistance to disintegration. They have been linked to different types of cancer, low birthweights, thyroid disease and other health ailments.
Now I can't remember if it was "KU" or one of the others that talked about drinking water not being safe, but I for one think that Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper (See Dr. Strangelove) was on to something with his Vodka thing.
Still wrong, as are Chupacabras, and instant coffee in styrofoam cups for that matter,,, IMO.
"Is it a person with a strange hat who likes to walk at night?" asked the city in a tweet. "A chupacabra?"
Oregon was the first state in the United States to decriminalize possession of personal-use amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, '___', oxycodone and other drugs after voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs.
A person found with personal amounts of heroin, coc aine, methamphetamine and other drugs receives a citation, like a traffic ticket, with the maximum $100 fine waived if they call a hotline for a health assessment.Â
The state's program, which has been promoted as a way to establish and fund addiction recovery centers that would offer people aid instead of incarceration, is being watched as a potential model for other states.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
www.dailymail.co.uk...
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10921363/Tom-Hanks-seen-looking-gaunt-NYC-video-emerged-visibly-shaking-hand.html
edit on 16-6-2022 by FlyingFox because:
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: XtheMadnessNow
It's unreal seeing Zelenskyy standing out in the open with VIP's from every nation. None them worried about Putin's satellites directing a cruise missile to the very spot where they're standing.
originally posted by: Roxstar
a reply to: carewemust
I've been wondering that myself lol. If i was Putin I woulda dropped one on the WEF meeting. Or at least send some elite snipers.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: XtheMadnessNow
It's unreal seeing Zelenskyy standing out in the open with VIP's from every nation. None them worried about Putin's satellites directing a cruise missile to the very spot where they're standing.
Retaliation is a factor, but in a secure location, they are well-protected from air attack. Several layers of EW radar plus close in weapons can intercept an incoming threat, while the VIPS can be whisked away...I mean HVTs