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Pfizer CEO predicts a vaccine-resistant COVID-19 variant
https://justthenews.com ^ | By Natalia Mittelstadt Updated: August 24, 2021 - 9:34pm

Posted on 08/25/2021 12:54:29 PM PDT by Red Badger

Pfizer has a process to develop variant-specific vaccines just 95 days after identification of the variant, CEO Albert Bourla said.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Tuesday that there will likely be a COVID-19 variant that is resistant to the vaccine, but that his company would be able to get a variant-specific shot out in about three months.

"Every time that the variant appears in the world, our scientists are getting their hands around it," Bourla said on Fox News' America's Newsroom. "They are researching to see if this variant can escape the protection of our vaccine. We haven't identified any yet but we believe that it is likely that one day, one of them will emerge."

Pfizer has a process that would take 95 days to develop a variant-specific vaccine from the identification of the variant, Bourla said.

In February, Bourla told Fortune that a vaccine-resistant variant was possible.

"Theoretically, it's a very possible scenario. If you protect a very big part of the population, and if there is a strain that emerges that can use this pool of population to replicate while the current strains cannot, obviously this will overtake the original. So it's not a certainty, but it is now, I believe, a likely scenario," he said.

The day of Bourla's interview with Fox News, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report that found COVID-19 vaccines dropped from 91% effectiveness before the Delta variant to 66% effectiveness during the peak of the variant. The study included 4,217 participants who were fully vaccinated, with 65% having received the Pfizer vaccine, 33% Moderna, and 2% Johnson&Johnson.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval for the Pfizer vaccine for people ages 16 and up a day before Bourla's remarks, which is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized beyond the stage of emergency use only.


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1 posted on 08/25/2021 12:54:29 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

“Fauci told us which one is next on tap.”


2 posted on 08/25/2021 12:55:52 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Jewbacca

Ping.


3 posted on 08/25/2021 12:55:56 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Red Badger

Translation: Govt money needs to keep coming to us forever and ever.


4 posted on 08/25/2021 12:57:14 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Red Badger

In fact, we’ve already ordered it from China. It should be ready soon.


5 posted on 08/25/2021 12:57:19 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Red Badger

Duh.. the vax is only what 40% effective?


6 posted on 08/25/2021 12:57:27 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said the story was false!)
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To: Red Badger

I thought it was Illegal and Wrong to divulge classified information especially Top Secret stuff, they have at least 3 or 4 variants coming and 1 different Corona for next year to get the un-poisoned and naturally immune. Soon everyone will need Monthly DNA Spike Updates.


7 posted on 08/25/2021 12:58:59 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Red Badger

Holy Marek’s Disease, Batman!


8 posted on 08/25/2021 12:59:12 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: PGR88

That’s what I’m beginning to think.


9 posted on 08/25/2021 12:59:48 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: Red Badger

ok mr ceo. so then why, pray tell, continue spewing mass quantities of vaccine. we got good treatments, we can cover the elderly and compromised already.


10 posted on 08/25/2021 1:00:46 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

The new variant would be here sooner but the lab required mandatory vaccinations and half the lab staff quit.

;-)


11 posted on 08/25/2021 1:01:26 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Red Badger

So, upon the emergence of a vaccine resistant variant, we can expect a 3-month lock down until they produce a vaccine. Ok...


12 posted on 08/25/2021 1:01:55 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: JonPreston

Again.........................And again....................And again...............


13 posted on 08/25/2021 1:02:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: cgbg

😁


14 posted on 08/25/2021 1:03:05 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: Red Badger

I’m hoping for a bullshit resistant variant.


15 posted on 08/25/2021 1:04:15 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Red Badger

Covid Vaccines every year!
Or Else!


16 posted on 08/25/2021 1:06:10 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Red Badger

this has the movie “groundhog day” written all over it...


17 posted on 08/25/2021 1:06:50 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Red Badger

annnnd 1 1/2 year after the resistant variant, the ceo will announce Another vaccine resistant variant will ‘soon be emerging’, and the msm will hysterically declare it’s presence in texas and florida only-

Around and around and around we go


18 posted on 08/25/2021 1:08:24 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Red Badger

Translation.... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


19 posted on 08/25/2021 1:11:56 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like the are going to skip the alphabet soap variants and go straight to the global killer end game variant.

It’s the only way to be sure that Dems can cheat in 2022/2024 elections with impunity. The recipe for permanent mail-in voting and lock-downs.


20 posted on 08/25/2021 1:22:17 PM PDT by Bellagio
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