https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/07/08/pfizer-says-it-is-developing-a-covid-booster-shot-to-target-the-highly-transmissible-delta-variant.html So weird that Pfizer wants to create a booster shot to cover delta variant. I see only two possibilities - a) They think their vaccine’s efficacy has indeed dropped as much as 30% as reported by Israel. b) they want to make more money off of the vaccine by “developing a booster for delta variant” and selling it to various countries. The actual increase in the efficacy might only be 1-2% Just a few days ago, they were claiming their vaccine is great against delta variant. Why the u-turn? Disclaimer: not an anti-vaxxer. Had my two pfizer shots in apr 2021
Money is surely part of it as commerce is essential to our health care system. But there's also the issue that while the current vax is very effective at preventing serious illness from Delta, it doesn't do as well preventing you from catching it...and spreading it...
In other words they are tacitly accepting 64% efficacy as reported by Israel? A number at which a lot of people, countries, Pfizer raised their eyebrows and sort of rubbished it as too small a study
I think they'd be going this route even if the efficicacy in Israel were 80%. Just my opinion.
Delta is a problem for people with weak immune systems, it’s probably a bigger problem than just the 30% for much older or immunocompromised people.
Pay up, peasants. Pfizer execs need a 3rd Maserati
They have data.
Third possiblity: 3. Get ahead of the mutations by releasing a booster the targets the current actual state of the virus. Future mutations will be starting from Delta.
The whole Delta hysteria could be an attempt to cover up ineffectiveness of their vaccine to start with. After all there have been almost no time to prove effectiveness in the wild (less than 6 months) only their claims of 90p effectiveness - trust us, the big pharma cannot lie. Now I am not saying that Delta is a fiction, perhaps it is not as significant compared to Covid classic, but it helps to push a PR stunt and damage control - hang on, a patch is on the way. I suspect these variants won’t stop coming after delta with similar “booster” plans every 6 months.
The vaccine is extremely effective, including against the delta variant. But keep on being shrill...
Explain this to Israelis who are going through another massive wave after near total vaccination of the population. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/israel-said-the-delta-variant-is-making-pfizers-covid-19-shot-less-effective-medical-experts-say-its-too-soon-to-worry-11625768481
Money money money
Thank you for saying what I meant to convey 👌🙏🏼