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FiFi LaFeles

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NexOrigin said :
FiFi LaFeles said :
Is this being sponsored by the tobacco industry, perchance :P


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https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04583410


It was, actually, a semi-joke question. Nonetheless, it's rather interesting that they've identified active smokers/vapers as being less likely to be hospitalised due to Covid.

Time to buy shares in patch manufacturing companies?
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03-Feb-2021 10:25:03

NexOrigin

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FiFi LaFeles said :
It was, actually, a semi-joke question.
I know. I chuckled when I read it.


And then I went to go and double check that it wasn't actually sponsored by some tobacco company.... just to be sure. ^_^
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03-Feb-2021 10:33:58

Miles Prower
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Good news about reduction in transmission as a result of vaccination published today.

https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/astraz/media-centre/press-releases/2021/covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-confirms-protection-against-severe-disease-hospitalisation-and-death-in-the-primary-analysis-of-phase-iii-trials.html
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03-Feb-2021 13:07:59

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Absolutely expected' Covid-19 will increasingly 'mutate' to survive as vaccinations begin — Bloomfield

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/absolutely-expected-covid-19-increasingly-mutate-survive-vaccinations-begin-bloomfield
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03-Feb-2021 14:03:48

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a top employment lawyer says enforced immunisation could soon be commonplace for anyone taking up a high-risk job:

Newshub: Coronavirus: High-risk workers who don't get vaccine could lose job - employment lawyer.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/coronavirus-high-risk-workers-who-don-t-get-vaccine-could-lose-job-employment-lawyer.html
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03-Feb-2021 14:10:34

NexOrigin

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Miles Prower said :
Good news about reduction in transmission as a result of vaccination published today.

https://www.astrazeneca.com/content/astraz/media-centre/press-releases/2021/covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-confirms-protection-against-severe-disease-hospitalisation-and-death-in-the-primary-analysis-of-phase-iii-trials.html
Wow. 100%, eh? The vaccine manufacturer is claiming the vaccine is 100% effective?

I call BS. Anyone claiming 100% efficacy is lying to you. It's statistically impossible.


EDIT: BTW, this news from the vaccine manufacturer confirms that the general public are the test subjects.
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03-Feb-2021 23:13:27 - Last edited on 03-Feb-2021 23:14:48 by NexOrigin

Megycal
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I haven't read that press release but this is what I read about the astrazeneca vaccine preventing transmission and effectiveness. This report said 82% effective after 2nd jab. I trust them to have read the press release and extracted the relevant information.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55913913

03-Feb-2021 23:24:42

FiFi LaFeles

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@ Nex

I'm seeing a claim of 100% efficacy in the headline but the body of the article says something else, which is a trifle weird. And the people in those trials are described as being 'enrolled' or 'volunteers' - not unwitting guinea pigs.

Or am I reading it wrong?
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03-Feb-2021 23:43:46 - Last edited on 03-Feb-2021 23:46:10 by FiFi LaFeles

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