This 1st generation of COVID vaccines is about reducing severity of symptoms, not prevention of infection.The 90% efficacy rate of Pfizer vaccine announced meant that less than 9 of 94 participants who had COVID pos test AND exhibited at least 1 symptom were from the 2 shot group
The major trials are not testing for asymptomatic cases but symptomatic cases in placebo vs. vaccine groups . It is still unknown how well they will work in the older, most vulnerable to severe symptoms populations and whether they impact transmissibility in asymptomatic cases.
Many doctors are seriously concerned that these announcements are confusing the public regarding the actual purpose of the vaccines & the belief that “a return to normal” is just around the corner.Of course a reduction of severity in symptoms at scale will absolutely ease burdens
There must be paid sick leave and health insurance for all if they want to effectively roll out a vaccine like the Pfizer candidate. To ask a population which is not granted protection, sick leave, or guaranteed health coverage to take something which will make them sick is wrong
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Everyone leaving Jeff Bezos’ DC mansion this January after the Alfalfa Club Dinner after-party he hosted . Each year a dinner is held on Robert E Lee’s birthday . Members of the club include member of the Supreme Court , house leadership , military brass and CEOs like Bill Gates
we must stop listening to these shameless, unscrupulous scammers , it has never been about the actual climate emergency or alleviating world crises for them just money, money, money . they’re sick and addicted , they’ll never have enough .
These foundations are simply massive money laundering and tax avoidance schemes that they use to shelter their fortunes and fund their lifestyles jetting around the globe as self-appointed experts of education policy (Common Core backers) the environment (“Net-zero”) & disease
I warned you many moons ago they would come for your pension funds as golden parachutes for the billionaires ,,, they know the big crash is coming 🐒🐒 yes investment in green tech & infrastructure is vital but that’s the 🕸 it’s their companies & dubious tech the money goes 2 👽
The Pfizer vaccine’s touted “90% efficacy rate” is based on 94 participants in the study who had not had COVID before being confirmed covid + at least 1 symptom and less than 9 of those participants being those who had received the 2 shots .
Our entire economic system is a perverse penal system where not only are wages drastically unevenly spread but punishment and control. For those in corporate settings being late is a wave and a laugh about traffic , for those working minimum wage it’s a strict recorded offense
A day off to do something important or needing to go pick up a sick kid is a “no problem” for some while for many it is a bureaucratic process with permission something to be groveled for, and a source of dread and unease because it could easily lead to a loss of employment .
This creates a vast gulf of empathy as a protected class pretends to not understand why things aren’t so simple and obvious for those whose exploited labor directly funds their salary. As healthcare was tied to employment , and retirement untethered and pinned to the stock market
Representative Dana Rohrabacher fighting with the mujahideen in the 1980s and with Seddique Mateen, the Pulse Nightclub shooter's father, who had been an FBI informant and frequent visitor of Washington D.C., lobbying for interests related to Afghanistan.
Mr. Mateen with Rep. Ed Royce, Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2019 and at the Capitol building