Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5 per cent effective

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch weighs in on Moderna's vaccine and how it compares to Pfizer's own.

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60 comments

  1. this company moderna has not brought a single other product are medicine to market since it was founded in 2010 why did you not mention that

    1. @Breadbored Actually Mr Alexander has a point, RNA re-writes your DNA and does fundamentally change your biology.

    2. @Alfredo Maredi
      You took a perfectly valid opportunity to be recognized
      for Your Own Individual Views and to contribute to the discussion … yet you chose to represent yourself in this way?
      By prejudice and ridicule for not having the same perspectives as you?

      I believe that you have done yourself a great disservice in limiting how others will view you.

      For all I know, You could be an engaging person to have a conversation with.

    3. @Fattiger That’s a useless comparison because vaccines won’t kill you. That’s why we’ve been waiting a year for a safe one to be developed and approved. THINK ABOUT IT

    1. @my2iu
      So, we are now just suppose to accept an ultimatum to be held hostage by the pharmaceutical industry? Are you insane??

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    1. They can’t even cure the common cold so how are we to believe they came up with a cure for a new disease within a few months?

    2. @Fattiger So? Effectiveness of the vaccine and case fatality rate are two very different things. If 94.5% get immunity without getting the disease, we could save thousands of lives. The remaining 5% may not develop immunity but they wont die! As well, the survival rate of the disease in the elderly is likely lower than the effectiveness of the vaccine, so I guess you dont care about them?

    3. @RichuIsTheBest Best argument out there: “I don’t want the government to poke me with something they have no idea about or any idea of any side effects.”

      “So you don’t care about saving lives huh?”

      Great work buddy

    1. @Ethan Emmons I didn’t Ask, “Why don’t I understand?”

      The cool things with words are that they can be taken so many ways depending on the placement, the characters that they are paired with…the context changes enormously.

      Your reply can be seen in two immediate ways:
      1 – That you are implying I have an intellectual impairment.
      OR
      2 – That you are genuinely offering the impairment as a valid choice in options.

      You did make a valid point by directing the focus to the fact that I had asked a question, instead of clearly making a statement. Thank you.

    2. @Kansa City Shuffle 😂 Maybe it’s not any conspiracy or paranoia…How those would factor into your replying question to me is very interesting and tells me more about you than what I have shared. It is assumptive.

    3. @Forest Green I appreciate that you have written a reply that has not been a personal attack while Still sharing your actual views on the matter! Thank you! This has meaning. ❤

    1. @J L too bad nobody funded your education and you were too susceptible to being infected with conspiracy theories and take it as truth.

    1. DNA altering with nano technology to change who you are and quantum tattoo or i.d. 2020 for ultimate tracking of all your activities

  2. Lies, lies, lies, the great reset is coming this winter, Time magazine has article on it and covidd lies are the plans for the start of the reset.

    1. The fact you have the Google logo as your pfp and are talking about control conspiracies is laughably ironic. You think Time magazine is privy to some secret information that every other publication isn’t? No, they are just capitalizing on crackpots who will read that headline and buy the magazine because of the climate of fear.

    2. @Mr. UFK

      Nah it wont be that crazy. Dont need your vaccine for hep to go to central America, it sure helps tho

  3. A normal vaccine takes 8 to 15 years do develop and test… Then there is the 95% effectiveness… A normal flu vaccine is 50 % effective at best. What the hell is in that vaccine that a person is not even allowed to refuse it. Make sure your last will and testament is up to date!

    1. Google is your friend. The flu vaccines are less effective because there are multiple strains of the flu and they can’t predict which will be the most prevalent in the upcoming season. Being scared of the vaccine that you don’t understand doesn’t make you a skeptic it makes you a clown.

    2. @MrTheclevercat I am a firm believer in vaccines. As a farmer i used many gallons of all kinds of vaccines. However we ran into a huge wreck in the past and that vaccines are cut and dried in terms of safety is wishful thinking. On top of that we have known since april that corona is no different than regular flu.

  4. Oh yeah? Well mines 95.5 percent effective. Small print. A small percentage has been shown to develop clouding of the eyes and a hunger for brains.

  5. This vaccine should come with an insurance policy. How do we know if it’s not going to turn out like the vaccine trails in Brazil?

    1. That literally makes no sense to prefer to be exposed to the virus naturally. That’s some clown level logic.

  6. surely they would never lie about the effectiveness of their own product which would boost their share prices on the stock market…no need for independent studies here… (prices went from 89 on Friday to over 100 on monday)

    1. They already have laws about lying about the effectiveness of their own product and if it is less effective than they say you are free to use them. You are just a conspiratard though.

  7. Funny how it seems like the pandemic happened at the start of the election year and we will.have the vaccine by when a new president is announced

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