Vaccine
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Thompson: Operation Warp Speed reduced the 10-year vaccine development record to 10 months
“I think the record amount of time to go from part one to part Z, Was something like, or A to Z was something like nine, 10 years. We did this in, in 10 months.”
Kushner: Vaccine controversy surged after the Biden administration created mandates
“I think it became a lot more controversial when the Biden administration took the vaccines and started creating mandates.”
Kushner: Trump administration never intended to mandate COVID-19 vaccines
“That was never the intention of what we want to do. The goal was to create the vaccines for whoever wanted them and then to figure out how to prioritize them towards the cohorts that were at the highest risk.”
Milken: Moderna dosed first human 63 days after virus sequencing
“It was only seven weeks, 63 days, between the sequencing of the DNA of the virus and the first human being that Moderna gave the vaccine to”
Sacks: Pfizer suffers credibility crisis over vaccine transparency
“I would say that the company is also suffering from a credibility crisis by not leveling with the public about the efficacy and safety of their vaccines.”
Poe: Poor sleep post-vaccination reduces immunization efficacy by at least 50%
“That immunization will be at least 50% less effective than it would otherwise be and you can't make up for that by just getting more sleep the next night.”
RFK Jr.: Federal law prohibits vaccine EUAs if an effective drug exists
“There's a little known federal law that says if there is a drug that is shown effective against the target disease, it is ill, a drug that is approved for any purpose. It is illegal. To issue an emergency use authorization for a vaccine.”
RFK Jr.: Vaccines are exempt from pre-licensure placebo-controlled trials
“Vaccines are the one medical product that does not have to go through placebo-controlled trials where you test an exposed versus unexposed population prior to licensure”
RFK Jr.: I do not proactively mention vaccines in my campaign speeches
“If you see my speeches, I'm, I don't mention vaccines. I, but if somebody asks me about vaccines, I'm going to tell the truth. I'm not looking to talk about them.”
Balaji: I failed to predict public opposition to COVID-19 vaccines
“The one thing I hadn't forecasted was that in the presence of a potentially deadly virus that people would be against you know, vaccines.”
Sacks argues PPE masks offer only marginal benefit once vaccinated
“If you wear a high quality, like, you know, PPE type mask, I think it might be helpful, but you know, it's a marginal benefit once we have vaccines.”
Sacks: Every Republican governor is vaccinated and supports COVID-19 vaccines
“Every single Republican governor, every single one has been vaccinated and has supported the vaccine.”
Sacks: Right-wing leaders hurt voters by failing to endorse COVID vaccines
“I don't think the leaders on the right are doing anyone Any favors, any of their voters any favors by not coming out and saying, look, the vaccines work.”
Sacks: COVID restrictions should end once vaccines become broadly available
“Once the vaccine's available, there's no need for any of these COVID restrictions anymore.”
Sacks: The pandemic restrictions end once vaccine access is universal
“Once everyone can get a vaccine, it's over.”
Friedberg: NY Governor Cuomo instituted $1M fines for out-of-order vaccinations
“Cuomo put out a million dollar fine if you get your vaccine out of line.”
Walling: Post-pandemic return to normal will happen faster than expected
“My fifth and final prediction is that in terms of the world and COVID, everyone's predicting, oh, it's like middle of the year and then not to the end of the year. And some, I've heard people say like, it's gonna be five years, like till everyone feels back to…”
Contee: Do Big Things likely to work on vaccine misinformation campaign
“We're likely to start working on a campaign targeted at misinformation around vaccines.”
Siegel accurately predicts COVID-19 will become an ongoing managed condition
“We'll get this under control, it'll be a new virus that we deal with on a, an ongoing basis, like the flu, or SARS, or MERS, or AIDS, or polio. There will be a vaccine, there may be a cure, and we'll move on to the next crisis.”
Balaji: COVID-19 forces physical de-globalization and massive digital scale
“This is in a weird way, like a forced de-globalization, radical forced de-globalization, because all the things that were benefits, like economies of scale, large groups of people, big crowds, and so on, are now big demerits, at least in real life.
And so it …”