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Funny how US media write 'Pfizer' and EU media write 'Biontech'. Patriotism, probably. Or for Reuters, maybe Brexit!? What's it usually called in Asian, Sout
by beeforpork 6y ago
Funny how US media write 'Pfizer' and EU media write 'Biontech'. Patriotism, probably. Or for Reuters, maybe Brexit!? What's it usually called in Asian, South American, or African media?
'Pfizer/Biontech' or 'Biontech/Pfizer' is just too long!
- cblconfederate 6y agoWe could have called them the Boris, Merkel, and Trump vaccines ...
- woutr_be 6y agoThe Hong Kong government here usually uses its brand name “Comirnaty”. The news uses every variation “Pfizer-BioNTech”, “BioNTech”, “Pfizer”, or often just “the German made jab”.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoSo can you walk in and say "give it to me German style" ?
- woutr_be 6y agoNo, you have to book your appointment online.
- 74d-fe6-2c6 6y agoReferring to "that" vaccine with Pfizer instead of Biontech is like saying that "Yellow Submarine" is from EMI instead of the Beatles because EMI produced the LPs.
- jjcon 6y agoThat’s why both companies are equally sharing both the costs and the profits?
- jakub_jo 6y agoThe vaccine was developed by BioNtech. Not by Pfizer. You also have an Apple AX in your iPhone. Not a TSMC chip, right?
- jjcon 6y agoEfficacious vaccine candidates are high in supply (moderna, Pfizer, j&j, AstraZeneca etc etc) - massive manufacturing capacity, testing and clinical trial ability however is not. If Pfizer hadn’t partnered with biontech they wouldn’t have idle manufacturing, they would have partnered with another lab to create something else. Apple is a customer of TSMC - they pay for fab time to create a specific component they need for their devices. Pfizer and biontech however are splitting the development costs and sharing the profits. That is a very different relationship.
- jakub_jo 6y agoSo if they're sharing everything, why is not BioNtech mentioned in the submission's title? This America first thing is becoming really annoying for the rest of the world. Germany and the EU funded much of the vaccine's development. It's the EU who is supplying the world with vaccines. The US only stand out by blocking exports.
- xxpor 6y agoAnd the EU is being stupid. Look the disaster of a roll out.
- jjcon 6y agoI think the idea is that biontechs contribution is a dime a dozen at this point - the heavy lifting (ie where demand outstrips supply) is being done by Pfizer not biontech If this were not the case why is it that the EU vaccine rollout has been dismal compared to the US and UK? It’s because they don’t have the negotiating power that comes with having what is actually in demand - production capacity.
- jjcon 6y agoIt’s called the ‘Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine’ in virtually every language and country (see Wikipedia pages per language). Most people outside of Germany just say Pfizer vaccine because it’s a lot shorter and has some preexisting name recognition. I haven’t even heard people discuss the ‘where’ when getting the vaccine they just want one of the more effective vaccines (be it Moderna or Pfizer- Johnson and Johnson and AstraZeneca are possibly just as effective but that’s hard to communicate and still being studied). I think either way is probably fine, both companies are sharing the costs and profits equally.
- mrtksn 6y agoIn Turkey it’s BioNTech colloquially, probably because the inventors are Turkish immigrants in Germany.
- solids 6y agoArgentina, Pfizer
- ruph123 6y agoCredit where credit is due. It was developed by BioNtech and Pfizer helped with trial and distribution. Calling it Pfizer vaccine because it is American or just because it is bigger is such a shame. Give credit to the small company that developed it no matter what country it is from. If the company was from the US, there would’ve been hundreds of fluff pieces and heroism on display writing up the company and the name would be known long and wide.
- EdwinLarkin 6y agoCzechoslovakias were often referred to as "Czechs". Go figure.
- yellowapple 6y agoI always wondered: after the Czechs and Slovaks split up, what ever happened to the O's?