Posted on 12/08/2021 8:12:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Update (0800ET): During an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla appeared to contradict his own company's data by claiming that his company's jab will "not lose any efficacy against omicron" because the "mode of action is not on the spike...it's working on a different element of the virus."
However, data out of South Africa appears to show that even patients who have been vaccinated are testing positive for omicron. And keep in mind, the lab-only results Pfizer shared today aren't nearly as reliable as trial data involving actual human patients.
"The ultimate proof is coming from real world data ... by the end of the month holistically we will have enough data to say if #omicron the solution will be just a third dose," says $PFE CEO @AlbertBourla. "Or if we need to go to a specific against omicron variant vaccine." pic.twitter.com/VUNdhePE6U — Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) December 8, 2021
"Three doses of our vaccine against #omicron basically is equivalent to two doses of our vaccine with the original strain," says $PFE CEO @AlbertBourla. "This is good news." pic.twitter.com/81aRZKPtDf
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) December 8, 2021
"If they have two doses, it is very likely you're better protected than if they don't have any or if they only have one," says @pfizer CEO @AlbertBourla on vaccine protection to those ineligible for a booster shot. pic.twitter.com/o25guP2gZn — Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) December 8, 2021
"I expect we will not lose any efficacy against #omicron because the mode of action is not on the spike. It's working on a different element of the virus," says $PFE CEO @AlbertBourla on the company's oral monoclonal #covid treatment. pic.twitter.com/Fv5MXKL7ff — Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) December 8, 2021
"I think we will need a fourth dose. I have said that multiple times," says @pfizer CEO @AlbertBourla on Israel's roll out of a fourth Covid vaccine dose. "If there is a need for something different, better, we will be able to have it in months." pic.twitter.com/FFA28uXgs7 — Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) December 8, 2021
He's doing his job - trying to sell more vaccines.
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Last night, data released out of South Africa showed that the Pfizer vaccine, supposedly the world's gold standard in terms of COVID jabs, was less effective against the omicron variant than earlier variants of SARS-CoV-2.
And on Wednesday morning, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech pushed back by releasing data showing that three full doses of their best-selling jab were effective enough to neutralize the omicron variant in lab tests (not in actual humans).
However, two vaccine doses resulted in significantly lower neutralizing antibodies but that a third dose of their vaccine increased the neutralizing antibodies by a factor of 25. Using blood obtained from patients that had their booster shot a month ago, the scientists found that it neutralized the Omicron variant about as effectively as blood after two doses fought off the original Wuhan strain.
As the partners behind the world's best-selling jab scramble to produce an omicron-specific version of their jab, the data released this morning showed that a third dose increased antibodies as much as 25-fold compared with only two doses, the companies said. But that doesn't mean only having two doses won't prevent serious illness - it will.
US equities welcomed the latest data from Pfizer and BioNTech in premarket trade.
Pfizer's latest batch of data offered yet another opportunity for astute readers to watch the media reshape the narrative in real time.
Real time narrative shaping: before, and 30 minutes later pic.twitter.com/GC8ZZ2jlZx — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 8, 2021
The (extremely preliminary) data released by Pfizer showed that companies' early findings come a day after scientists in South Africa reported findings from early lab tests indicating the Pfizer jab generated only one-fortieth of the infection-fighting antibodies against omicron than against the original version of the virus. While omicron appears to be spreading rapidly, only preliminary data are available so far. And although researchers can't say it for certain, it appears the new variant causes more mild infections than earlier variants, even if it is more transmissible. The lab data released by Pfizer and BioNTech didn't offer any new insights on whether fewer doses actually does offer more scaled-back protection.
Other scientists have come to less flattering conclusions. According to Reuters, a group of scientists at the university hospital in Frankfurt found a reduced antibody response to omicron even after three shots.
Speaking on CNBC Wednesday morning, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla seemed a little flustered about omicron, but he told viewers that they would be protected if they simply got their boosters. But eventually, a fourth dose of the jab will likely be needed.
The takeaway: just get another jab (or booster) and you'll be fully protected from a virus that would most likely only leave you with a runny nose.
At one time?......................
Pfizer Says 3 Doses Of Its Jab Can “Neutralize” Omicron Variant
It may also do the same to your natural immunity.
right from the git-go is a falsehood. There is no way to test for this new mutation. They are not even trying at this point.
3 jabs just right! -goldicron
“booster!” -media NPCs
“booster!” -media NPCs
“Did we say booster?” -media NPCs
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
Daily?
To Pfizer - go pound sand down a rathole.
The vaccine was always, at best, a very limited tool, to be used for a very specific purpose. It should have been applied only sparingly to the particularly vulnerable demographics. Most other people did not need the injection, as they were, for the most part, far less vulnerable to the ravages of the disease. Hindsight is nearly always 20/20.
To somebody whose only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Treatment and cure is a vastly more cost-effective and efficient tool to combat COVID-19 Wuhan virus and all its variants. The use of ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine-zinc-azithromycin protocol, and monoclonal antibodies is MUCH more intelligent use of resources than a mass immunization program of doubtful efficacy.
And this is not even to get into the strategies of universal wearing of masks, social distancing, and economic lockdown, none of which had the least effect on controlling the spread or severity of the disease.
How much do they “overcharge” for each jab ?
So just six shots and then that’s it. For sure. Honest.
Then you’ll get all your freedoms back and everything can get back to normal and you’ll be SAFE!
Hope everyone is comfortable with their decision. I am.
Also, kudos to Pfizer for their extremely swift processing of “data”! 😂😂😂
“Can” or “Will”? Very big difference.
Of course it will neutralize the “variant” by neutralizing the HOST.
Stop posting that stuff, I can’t stop laughing and I am on a plane.
As I understand it the mRNA based "vaccines" are designed to stimulate our cells to create a protein that then induces an immune response. Sounds pretty specific and targeted to me.
So if the Omicron variant is such a danger of spreading, yet over half the population is already vaxxed... How is a booster, more of the same, going to help? Seems futile to me for several reasons.
First, if the immune response triggered by the protein built by the instructions in the mRNA wears off after just a few weeks, this implies we'll need a never-ending string of "boosters" to maintain any nominal level of immunity. Possibly as many as two, three, or four a year. At what point does this cross over from being a "vaccine" to simply being a prophylactic treatment, and shouldn't we be investigating other prophylactic treatments just as vigorously?
Second, if this is a "variant" doesn't that imply that it can get around the immunity?
Third, assuming the latest variant is in the same bucket of immune system response... Should we even try to fight it? By all reports it is the mildest variant yet, akin to a modest cold or even some of the common adverse reactions to the vaccines and boosters. So why bother? If mother nature is going to provide us with ready-made immunity for basically the same "cost" of a couple of days of discomfort...???
spin the cylinder just one more time
just one more time...honest
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