Paul D. Thacker: Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial, in: BMJ 375 (November 2, 2021) n2635, online in: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2635. In the fall of 2020, chairmann and chief executive Albert Bourla stated in an open letter that accurately predicting an approval date for a Pfizer vaccine in the U.S. would be difficult. He reminded the audience that they were “operating at the speed of science”. Researchers who participated in Pfizer’s vaccine trials complained that the picked up speed might be detrimental to data integrity and patient safety.
Monthly archives: December 2021
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Arch G. Mainous III, Benjamin J. Rooks, Velyn Wu, Frank A. Orlando: COVID-19 Post-acute Sequelae Among Adults: 12 Month Mortality Risk, in: Frontiers in Medicine (December 12, 2021), online in: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.778434. Background: There are concerns regarding post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, but it is unclear whether COVID-19 poses a significant downstream mortality risk. The objective was to determine the relationship between COVID-19 infection and 12-month mortality after recovery from the initial episode of COVID-19 in adult patients.
Michael Worobey: Dissecting the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, in: Science volume 372 (December 3, 2021) issue 6572, p. 1202-1204. In his article, author Michael Worobey traces the origins of coronapandmia.
Benjamin F. Maier, Marc Wiedermann, Angelique Burdinski, Pascal Klamser, Mirjam A. Jenny, Cornelia Betsch,Dirk Brockmann: Germany’s current COVID-19 crisis is mainly driven by the unvaccinated, in: medRxiv (26.11.2021), online in: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.24.21266831. Vaccines are the most powerful pharmaceutical tool to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. While the majority (about 65%) of the German population were fully vaccinated, incidence started growing exponentially in October 2021 with about 41% of recorded new cases aged twelve or above being symptomatic breakthrough infections, presumably also contributing to the dynamics.
A contribution by break isolation, Munich The debate about the positions of the #zerocovid campaign shows that the left has lost many positions and assumptions that were previously considered to be common, and that the understanding about them must be conducted anew.
Paul Simon: “Die Seeleute haben am miesten gelitten”. Interview mit Sergio Bologna [“The seafarers have suffered the worst”. Interview with Sergio Bologna], in: Jungle World 47 (25.11.2021). An interview with logistics expert and historian Sergio Bologna on the problems in container shipping. The problems in container shipping triggered by the Covid 19 pandemic shine a spotlight on the disastrous working conditions in logistics. But there is no end in sight for global supply chains. Link to the article on the homepage of Jungle World
Sara Reardon: Kubas Impfstoffe halten offenbar, was sie versprechen (Cuba’s vaccines apparently deliver what they promise), in: Spektrum.de (25.11.2021). In her article, the author describes the efficacy of Cuban vaccines: Soberana has a high efficacy of 92.4 percent in clinical trials. She also says the Abdala vaccine is similarly good.