The same CEO who sold his shares to buy a new mansion - before any significant sale had been made ?
It's always important to update this thread with the tragic side effects possibly caused by AZN's vaccine, despite desperate lowbrows like riskingit being in complete denial about the dangers of medical products. (And let me warn you : WE WILL NOT STAND FOR YOUR ANTISCIENCE PROPAGANDA)
So. This just in : a 24 year old medical student was found dead on 18 march, after having received a dose of AZN on 8 march. Cause of the death : thrombosis. Who would've guessed ?
Source : https://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/nantes-enquete-ouverte-apres-le-deces-d-un-etudiant-en-medecine-vaccine-avec-astrazeneca-20210322
From the article : "New York has joined a growing list of MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES that have confirmed at least one case of a worrisome coronavirus variant first found in Brazil."
Looks like the plan B of opening just the US travels, touted by a number of let's say "hopeful" posters here, will have to be shelved.
This is going to be Bean's big week.
Hopefully, for the sake of his credibility, he'll have decent sales to show for.
But old habits die hard, and the temptation of waffling might be too hard to resist.
AndItsGone : "second rate epdimeolgist ", no less.
You don't have any shame, do you ? This well-qualified person is probably doing more for the society than you could ever do.
Meanwhile, in the real world :
"UK minister hints Covid rules on foreign travel could extend to summer"
"Asked about the prospects for travel, Wallace said: “We can’t be deaf and blind to what’s going on outside the United Kingdom. If you look in Europe, and the increases in infections, we can’t put at risk the huge amount of risk, by the taxpayer, by the NHS, by our scientists, in developing this vaccine."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/21/uk-minister-hints-covid-rules-on-foreign-travel-could-extend-to-summer
The level of shameless damage control here is embarrassing.
People got seriously ill (one died) in Norway after their received a jab. Coincidence ?
People got seriously ill (one also died) in Denmark after their received a jab. Coincidence again ?
Oh yeah, it must be that famous Scandinavian lack of scholarly ethic !
Meanwhile :
"European Medicines Agency (EMA) director Emer Cooke said on Thursday the watchdog could not definitively rule out a link between blood clot incidents and the vaccine in its investigation."
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-denmark-idUSKBN2BC0A4
But you forgot one variable in your assessment : the vaccines.
Most European countries, as well as the UK, counted on massive deliveries from AZN.
These have turned into a sh*tshow, and just a few days ago the company announced further delays.
This means that the EU's goal of vaccinating 70% of its citizens by the end of the summer sounds unlikely. In turn, the European countries should be wary of reopening their borders.
Thank you for this info DPC.
Looking up the paper (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cea.13765), the authors stated :
- "Colds did not have the impact on asthma patients that was expected and, due to the low exacerbation rate, the trial was stopped early"
- "However, the reduction from the planned 220 to 121 randomized patients and the unexpectedly low exacerbation rate substantially reduced the power of the study to detect a significant benefit of AZD9412 during the 14 days of treatment compared with placebo. "
So if I understand correctly, the failure is rather attributable to the trial design (half the number of patients than expected) and to basically bad luck (not enough patient experienced an asthma crisis).
This question has probably been asked before but there's no search function that I know of.
The company's website states : "In June 2014 the inhaled IFN-ß programme was licensed to AstraZeneca, who commenced a Phase II trial in severe asthma in July 2015."
No news since then ? I assume the trial failed, in which case, I don't see the point in keeping this outdated information online.