At the end of November 2020, AstraZeneca delivered good news: the drug manufacturer had ready its corona vaccine Vaxzevria, which was on average 70 percent effective. However, this did not immediately lead to a big cheer, because a week earlier, competitors Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna had also announced that their vaccines were ready, with an effectiveness … Read more
coronavaccins Ursula von der Leyen. — © epa-efe Ursula von der Leyen exchanged messages with the CEO of vaccine maker Pfizer. They continue to pursue her in a criminal investigation. In 2021, in the midst of the corona crisis, the European Commission concluded a billion-dollar deal with vaccine manufacturers. Thanks to this mediation, all Europeans … Read more
– From mRNA-vaccins van Pfizer/BioNTech at Moderna — © REUTERS – While new sub-variants of omikron are causing rising infection and hospital figures, we have to wait for adapted vaccines. They are not expected until this autumn and are likely to be obsolete by then. “We are lagging behind the facts,” says virologist Johan Neyts … Read more
Experts discuss broader extra jab at conference in Paris – Vaccination centers are on watch for what may come. — © Brent Saey – For the first time in months, the number of corona infections in our country is rising again, which also leads to more hospital admissions. At a conference in Paris, experts such … Read more
– © REUTERS – Our government bought half a million doses of the Novavax vaccine for those who had an allergic reaction to the mRNA vaccines or were afraid of the new method, but interest in the new vaccines is very low. Less than 1,000 shots were taken in one month. – For those who … Read more
– © REUTERS – Pfizer and Moderna have been sued by US biotech company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. The two pharmaceuticals would infringe a patent of that company with their corona vaccines. It would be a technique that enables the vulnerable active part of the vaccine to do its work in the body. Alnylam is demanding compensation, … Read more
– Only 38.12 percent of Flemish five- to eleven-year-olds have had at least one injection. — © David Rozing/hh – The most controversial phase of the vaccination campaign, the one for five to eleven year olds, has had much less coverage than the other phases. Just under forty percent of that target group has now … Read more
– theme image — © BELGIAN – Thanks to the vaccines, the significant death toll from previous waves has decreased, but even today, about twenty people die every day after being infected with the corona virus. In total, 606 corona patients have died since the turn of the year. Among them, significantly more men than … Read more
The European Commission gives the impression that von der Leyen has something to hide about her texting with the CEO of Pfizer. – The European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, has been highly critical of the Commission’s response to a journalist’s request to access text messages between President Ursula von der Leyen and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla … Read more
Neil Young wants his music removed from the Swedish streaming service in response to podcaster Joe Rogan’s vaccine misinformation. – Spotify gets to choose: they can have Rogan or Young. But not both.’ On his site, Neil Young published an open letter to his managers asking to remove his music from Spotify. The Canadian singer … Read more