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PFIZER WILL ALLOW ITS COVID PILL TO BE MADE AND SOLD CHEAPLY IN POOR COUNTRIES
Pfizer announced a deal on Tuesday to allow its promising Covid-19 treatment to be made and sold inexpensively in 95 poorer nations that are home to more than half of the world’s population. The agreement follows a similar arrangement negotiated by Merck last month, and together the deals have the potential to vastly expand global production of two simple antiviral pills that could alter the course of the pandemic by preventing severe illness from the coronavirus. “The fact that we now have two manufacturer-anywhere licenses for these two drugs is a big change, and it draws a big contrast with the restrictive licensing so far for vaccines,” said James Love, who leads Knowledge Ecology International, a nonprofit that researches access to medical products. Under the agreement, Pfizer will grant a royalty-free license for the pill to the Medicines Patent Pool, a nonprofit backed by the United Nations, in a deal that will allow manufacturers to take out a sublicense. They will receive Pfizer’s formula for the drug, and be able to sell it for use in 95 developing countries, mostly in Africa and Asia, once regulators authorize the drug in those places. The organization reached a similar deal with Merck for its Covid antiviral pill, molnupiravir, to be made and sold inexpensively in 105 poorer countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/health/covid-pill-pfizer.html |
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Here you go. Let's keep it positive.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10253611/Could-Omicron-GOOD-news-Variant-speed-end-pandemic-causes-mild-illness.html |
Anonymous
| According to CNN, the Pfizer booster lowers the risk of COVID infection by at least an extra 80% as compared to the first two doses. |
Anonymous
| If anyone could share a poem I'd appreciate it |
Anonymous
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The Atlantic had a great article today. It's optimistic (but not sugar coating) and informative at the same time. Get those boosters if you haven't done so already!
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/covid-boosters-omicron-effective/620883/ |
Anonymous
I can't tell, is this a joke? |
Anonymous
Hope is a light in the darkness But sometimes it just looks grey Hope is a glass of water But sometimes it’s tepid on a hot day Hope is a vaccine, a magic shot But sometimes some are afraid Hope is a pill, to cure and help, But sometimes it still has to be made Hope is Thanksgiving together, hugs But some of us got sick Hope is winter holidays together But that seems like a magic trick Hope is always with us, Taking one step at a time Hope will hold us through this And someday we’ll be fine |
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Why would you think it's a joke? Covid isn't humorous (well not to me at least), and this is a thread about uplifting things. Many people are uplifted by poems... Thanks op, let's keep the uplifting posts coming 
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Anonymous
This poem is breathtaking, THANK YOU! |
Anonymous
Yep! Got the booster (3rd shot) on my birthday, best gift I could have given myself! (If a 4th is required I will get it right away and not wait a year until my next birthday. These shots aren't ONLY for birthdays) |
Anonymous
But will it wear off in six months? |
Anonymous
I want to make it very clear that this booster shouldn't be only taken on birthdays. It should be taken at medically prescribed intervals regardless of when your birthday falls out. It is unwise to suggest this is a "birthday treat". We need to trust the science, rather than treating this as a yearly affair. It appears that we'll need boosters every 6 months for the foreseeable future. Let's not get hung up on the birthday thing (once per year), though it's sweet that it worked out for you |
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| I trust no one anymore. Remdesivir was warned as dangerous by the WHO much earlier this year and it’s STILL the only real treatment in hospitals. |
Anonymous
By turning this into a birthday thing it just shows that getting the vaccine is all about ME ME ME (birthday present) We need to realize that these shots are to stop the spread of disease for everyone. We all need to stop being so selfish imho |