Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that Australia will receive a further 4 million Pfizer vaccine doses in a swap deal with the United Kingdom. “The plane’s on the tarmac now, it will be leaving tomorrow, and those doses will be coming over the course of the next few weeks,” Morrison told reporters in Canberra on…
Aussie PM Says 4M Pfizer Doses Travelling ‘From Downing Street to Down Under’
Live Q&A: Pfizer Making Daily Pill for COVID-19; Taliban Declares China Its ‘Main Partner’
Pfizer announced that it’s in its phase two clinical trials of a daily pill taken orally to combat COVID-19. The company’s CEO, Albert Bourla, wrote on Twitter that to beat the virus, it will “likely require both vaccines [and] treatments.” And in other news, the Taliban has declared that China is its “main partner” and…
Pfizer Doses Its First Patient in Phase 2/3 Trial for Daily COVID-19 Pill
Pfizer revealed on Wednesday that it gave its first dose to a patient participating in its phase 2/3 clinical trial examining the efficacy of an orally administered drug that is designed to combat COVID-19. CEO Albert Bourla on Wednesday night wrote on Twitter that “success against COVID19 will likely require both vaccines [and] treatments” and said…
Over 100,000 Sign Petition Against Vaccination of Australians Aged 12 to 15
September 1, 2021
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Over 108,000 Australians have signed a petition to the federal Parliament against the use of vaccines on adolescents aged 12 to 16. The petition comes after the nation’s immunisation advisory body approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) on Australians aged 12 to 15 from Sept. 13 onwards. The petition, Immediately Stop COVID-19 Vaccines…
First Patient Gets Dose in Pfizer’s Oral COVID-19 Drug Trial
The first patient got dosed in a clinical trial analyzing Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 drug, the company announced Wednesday. The phase 2/3 study is analyzing a protease inhibitor currently known as PF-07321332. The drug is meant to combat COVID-19 in patients who experience symptoms from the disease but do not require hospital care. The randomized, double-blind trial…
Australia Secures 500,000 Pfizer Doses in Singapore Swap Deal
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Aug. 31 that Australia has secured 500,000 Pfizer vaccine doses in a swap deal with Singapore to be distributed for immediate use next week. In exchange, Australia will supply the same amount of doses to Singapore in December. The half a million doses will be distributed to all states…
Pfizer Vaccine Approved for Australians Aged 12 to 15
Australians aged between 12 to 15 have been approved to receive the Pfizer vaccine from next month, according to the nation’s immunisation advisory body. Bookings for adolescents in that age group will be open from Sept. 13 onwards after the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) approved its use. “There is high level evidence…
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Heart Inflammation Risk in Real-World Study
Real-world data from Israel linked Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to an elevated risk of heart inflammation, researchers said this week. Israeli scientists found vaccination likely caused myocarditis, or heart inflammation, in one to five people per 100,000 who would not have otherwise suffered the condition. However, they also said that getting COVID-19 was linked to a…
Facts Matter (Aug 25): Man Arrested with Over 300 Unopened Recall Ballots, Fake IDs, Loaded Gun
On Tuesday, the CEO of Pfizer had an interview where he not only expressed concern that a new strain of COVID-19 that is resistant to vaccines is likely to emerge, but he also revealed the fact that Pfizer is currently conducting vaccine trials on children between 5 and 11 years old—with further plans to go…
Defense Secretary Orders US Troops to Quickly Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19
U.S. military department heads were ordered Tuesday to “immediately” start getting their troops vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19, two days after the first COVID-19 vaccine received federal approval. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memorandum made public Aug. 25 that the secretaries of all military departments must “immediately begin full vaccination” of…
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