Agreed. I don’t know how fast they can ramp up their trials for kids, but it seems like a no brainer to me considering the vaccine is using technology proven to be safe in kids and also requires less “jumping through hoops”. Simple is always better when dealing with kids.
Absolutely. Also, viral vector vaccines, in general, work better with younger people who are less likely to have been exposed to an adenovirus and have antibodies that could lessen the response to vaccine.
Perhaps just the threat of a stick will alter behavior. Like all the vaccine passport talk.
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Hey Mr CEO thanks for the 10M doses of your life saving vaccine....but can you come back later once you are vaccinated...we’re trying to reach herd immunity here
That actually doesn't engender much confidence in their product.
I get that. But it sure didn't stop all the politicians. I'm big on not giving preferential treatment. But I kind of would to have liked to see the Pfizer CEO get it. Just maybe not all of his extended family.
But why should the CEO get to jump ahead? To me that would look bad. Politicians often were old enough or deemed essential
Agreed. If anyone in the pharma companies deserved to jump the line, my opinion lies with the R&D team. But they’re likely too large, and would have raised a stink from a PR standpoint.
Continuity of government is an essential function under the guidelines.
I expect a CEO of a multinational to have leadership skills, morality and be smarter than the average bear so they can evaluate the current circumstances then act in the best interests of the company. Politicians not so much.....
Can't disagree. I still think that the CEO of the company not getting the shot would give me pause (if I hadn't already decided to get it). That might not be an issue today with demand still outpacing supply, but soon enough we're going to be begging hesitant people to get it. And confidence shown from the start and from the top would be helpful.
He should certainly get it now or very soon. He is 59. In most states, he’s eligible or will be shortly.
I believe Pfizer has their headquarters in NY so he likely lives in NY, CT or NJ. I don’t think they are under 65 yet but he should be up soon. My friend works at the office here in PA which is the former Wyeth corporate headquarters. They were told no special treatment and even when people become eligible they have to go to a public site and fight it out for an appointment. They are being very cautious not to appear in any way to be keeping doses for their own. Technically due to the contracts those doses belong to the US government as soon as they are done so I assume they would have to ask permission to hold some back for their employees. Of course what’s the government going to do? Cancel the contract? Pfizer is pretty much in the driver seat but they are looking to keep their PR squeaky clean. History is going to look back at this and Pfizer/Moderna/JnJ and possibly others will go down as heroes in all of this.
