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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, Moderna's vaccine is clearly superior. Will Pfizer even play a role in our recovery?
What's their stock looking like today?

Happy Hoosier
(8,709 posts)The goal is to vaccinate as many people as possible as quickly as possible.
TheBlackAdder
(29,191 posts)Happy Hoosier
(8,709 posts)unblock
(54,473 posts)Brother Buzz
(38,176 posts)mitch96
(14,905 posts)Brother Buzz
(38,176 posts)Pfizer designed suitcase-sized shipping containers that will keep its doses at ultracold temperatures for up to 10 days. Each container holds between 1,000 and 5,000 doses, charged by dry ice. The shipping containers are reusable.
https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/pfizer-designed-new-container-and-plans-to-tap-shipping-companies-for-covid-19
mitch96
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Alhena
(3,050 posts)that means they should be first.
TheBlackAdder
(29,191 posts)Native
(6,832 posts)Johnny2X2X
(22,151 posts)This is a company closely aligned with Jared, they've been exposed for lying before.
Horse with no Name
(34,111 posts)Thats a hard stop for me
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)Celerity
(47,715 posts)mitch96
(14,905 posts)Follow the money and the science... Has not failed me yet...
YMMV
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NutmegYankee
(16,376 posts)So it will be vital to first responders/medical staff.
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,556 posts)LisaL
(46,956 posts)We have only seen preliminary reports from both companies.
lapucelle
(19,690 posts)sir pball
(4,957 posts)It has an acceptable shelf life (2 weeks I think) at 36-46F. It lasts a lot longer at 4F, but that's still normal home freezer temperatures, the existing cold storage and distribution infrastructure is perfectly fine for those constraints.
lapucelle
(19,690 posts)that the it needed the lower temperature.
Thank you for the update!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)A repeat of the studies with identical methods and larger samples would just as likely reverse the apparent result.
Other factors will be more important:
Ability to ramp up
Difficulty of storage and transport
Cost
Political factors
etc
PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,076 posts)That does not comfort me.
How many times have we seen early reports about some "promising" new medication that should cure, say, Alzheimer's forever, only to learn it simply doesn't have any impact on the disease in humans.
Yeah, I know these are clinical trials in humans, but then again, how many "promising" early clinical trials have turned out to be duds?
MineralMan
(148,398 posts)preliminary trial results. That's a very high effectiveness rate for any vaccine.
So, both will probably be distributed and used. I'll take whichever one is available as soon as I can.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)based on what we know so far. I think the deciding factor will be who can make it the fastest.
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Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)use the same technology. The Oxford vaccine uses a different technology, but we don't have numbers for it yet.
LisaL
(46,956 posts)Moderna and Pfizer are both RNA based vaccines.
lettucebe
(2,339 posts)Whatever vaccine by whichever company makes it to your local pharmacy, that's the one you'll get. These are all preliminary results at this point. It'll be a few years before we know the real truth. They don't even know how long the vaccine will last as of yet. Give it time.
LisaL
(46,956 posts)Each company can make limited doses initially. Not enough to vaccinate the whole population.
So I am assuming whichever one your local places can get their hands on will be available initially.
spanone
(138,078 posts)Goodheart
(5,760 posts)spanone
(138,078 posts)sure gives their stocks a boost.