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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else looking at the Modera and Pfizer Vaccine pressers? They're not very controlled at all [View all]JT45242
(4,142 posts)Both companies could easily have supplied a biotracker or phone app to monitor data like
1) number of times they left their property
2) amount of time spent outside of the home
3) required logs of how many people that participants interacted with by day
The drug companies appear to be operating on the impression that all participants engaged in equally risky behavior.
I did a lot of studies for Proctor and Gamble and we had to log everything about the product -- for example, we weighed diapers, filled out Likert sheets on every diaper used as to leaks, marks on skin, etc. It would seem that with a vaccine that they could get some actual data on these people.
Of course, this is all prelim data ... good for a quick stock boost but let's see if it works in reality.
I am not in a rush to get in line for the FIRST CORONAVIRUS VACCINE TO EVER WORK...
I am hopeful that a vaccine that would not require tens of billions of cryogenic storage upgrades for trucks, hospitals, pharmacies, etc will work. I would just like a lot more published data before I feel like this is actually working.
Not that big Pharma would ever put profits before probably conducting safety trials...