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Filthy

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Jun 28, 2016
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Because they don’t usually get fast tracked approval for studies, unlimited resources and the worlds scientists contributing.
what's the regulation which documents the process for "fast-tracking with unlimited resources and all the world's scientists contributing"?
 

Freeloading Rusty

Here comes Rover, sniffin’ at your ass
Jan 11, 2016
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Texas school system closes after 2 teachers die of COVID-19
 

Leigh

Engineer
Pro Fighter
Jan 26, 2015
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did the FDA waive any steps of the process?

if not, why do vaccines normally take several years to achieve approval?

it can't be strictly time-to-market justified the cost in this unique circumstance, Pfizer or another company would have done it before with other pharmaceuticals.
Because most trials involve a couple of PhD students drinking coffee, playing minesweeper and deciding whether they should go out and find some volunteers or wait to see if the weather is better tomorrow.

Due to a global pandemic, these trials had a ton of resources thrown at them, which of course reduced the processing time.

There has never been a situation like we're in now, where the urgency for a vaccine has been so extreme (and lucrative).
 

Qat

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Nov 3, 2015
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It pisses me off that I had to really look to find something that made sense though.
Just had a quick look btw and apparently BNT162b2 got renamed to Comirnaty the same way the AstraZeneca vaccine was renamed from ChAdOx1 to Vaxzevria.

Both are brand names created by the Brand Institute in Miami.

Comirnaty is supposedly an incorporation of the words Covid 19, mrna, community and immunity. Cute eh?
It's been named that way here since December 2020.
 

kaladin stormblessed

Nala fanboy
Apr 24, 2017
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Texas school system closes after 2 teachers die of COVID-19
you know what i just realized this morning ... there are some children that cannot get vaccines due to their health. so thats a good reason for everyone in school to take every precaution available
 

Filthy

Iowa Wrestling Champion
Jun 28, 2016
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Because most trials involve a couple of PhD students drinking coffee, playing minesweeper and deciding whether they should go out and find some volunteers or wait to see if the weather is better tomorrow.

Due to a global pandemic, these trials had a ton of resources thrown at them, which of course reduced the processing time.

There has never been a situation like we're in now, where the urgency for a vaccine has been so extreme (and lucrative).
tell me you have no idea how regulatory approvals work without saying you have no idea how regulatory approvals work.
 

Filthy

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Jun 28, 2016
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are people allowed to make such threats?

im curious what, if anything, is going to happen to this guy. and im curious what they would do if an american muslim said those same things
he says they'll come to the politicians homes to let their voices be heard.

I'm not watching it again, but I don't think there was a call to actionable violence.
You can yell fire in a crowded theater.
 

Filthy

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Jun 28, 2016
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Leigh @Leigh - instead of a drunk rating, why don't you lay out for us the depth and breadth of your knowledge and experience in regulatory approvals?

i'm interested.
 

kaladin stormblessed

Nala fanboy
Apr 24, 2017
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he says they'll come to the politicians homes to let their voices be heard.

I'm not watching it again, but I don't think there was a call to actionable violence.
You can yell fire in a crowded theater.
at the end of the video he told everyone to go get guns for civil war later this year. that comes across as slightly treasonous (but i dont have a law degree, so i dont know)
 

Filthy

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Jun 28, 2016
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and for everyone stating emphatically they we did it because we could and just haven't needed to before...

do you have any evidence of this, or is it just an article of faith I have to accept if I don't want to be an NPC?
 

Filthy

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Jun 28, 2016
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at the end of the video he told everyone to go get guns for civil war later this year. that comes across as slightly treasonous (but i dont have a law degree, so i dont know)
SCOTUS has been pretty open about those kind of incitements...absent evidence of planning or stockpiling for such an event, advocating for it isn't usually a crime in and of itself.

of course, that doesn't mean saying that stuff is without consequence. "they" can make your life very unhappy.
 

Filthy

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Jun 28, 2016
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Just refute what I said and save your ad hominem nonsense.
i have the entire history of pharmaceutical approvals as my evidence.

you're the one saying something unprecedented was done without providing any evidence of it.
 

Wintermute

Putin is gay
Apr 24, 2015
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are people allowed to make such threats?

im curious what, if anything, is going to happen to this guy. and im curious what they would do if an american muslim said those same things
White dudes cannot stand being forced to do something LOL. I have to say, I understand and saw firsthand white privilege growing up, but I never really appreciated the scope of white male entitlement.

Depending on which state he's in, he might get his guts blown out if he shows up to the wrong councilperson's door.
 

kaladin stormblessed

Nala fanboy
Apr 24, 2017
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White dudes cannot stand being forced to do something LOL. I have to say, I understand and saw firsthand white privilege growing up, but I never really appreciated the scope of white male entitlement.

Depending on which state he's in, he might get his guts blown out if he shows up to the wrong councilperson's door.
we discussed this in regards to people calling to protest outside Cuomo's home

as much as i hate Cuomo, people's homes should be off-limit imo. not only do corrupt politicians have potentially innocent spouses, parents, and children, they also have neighbors
 

Wintermute

Putin is gay
Apr 24, 2015
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we discussed this in regards to people calling to protest outside Cuomo's home

as much as i hate Cuomo, people's homes should be off-limit imo. not only do corrupt politicians have potentially innocent spouses, parents, and children, they also have neighbors
I 100% agree.