Originally posted by: NimbuMirchi
It does. I am an Indian origin. I took Pfizer but I have been living in USA.
After living her for many years, as soon as I land in India, I have some or the other infections. I get sick by drinking the water there. Immunity changes based on atmosphere there.
Vaccine needs a bridge trials for these reasons. Also, Pfizer not wanting to agree for any side effects in case of a lawsuit is worrying. I work in law firm IT and my main area is managing data for pharma companies getting sued for drugs. Plus Pfizer does not want to put a cap on market price. So sell for less price now and later can increase it as much as they like. India is a country with 130 crores people. All of these logistics matter.
She is making all logical points. You are too. We need to be open minded to accept other’s opinions when they are backed by facts.
@Bold. If you do work in a law firm, you should know Pfizer, Moderna, and other vaccine producers have been idemnified in most of the world, including the U.S.
When India refuses, Pfizer really has no reason to force their product upon the people when they are giving it without profit (the 19.5 USD cited is the sale price with profit).
Nor has India wanted even the AZ vaccine stockpile from the U.S. What the govt asked for is raw material which will take take and of course taxpayer money to manufacture into vaccines. While dealing with horrific death rates.
Also, I work in healthcare. Meds and vaccines research are conducted over various populations. Covid vaccine research was designed to include people of very different ethnicities, ages, and comorbidities. Moreover, the current trial with 100 patients and 1 week of monitoring is a medical farce.
Remdesivir was okayed in india with emergency authorization. existing rules were enough to approve the vaccine as well.
But they have their priorities. So do we all.