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It’s called the ‘Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine’ in virtually every language and country (see Wikipedia pages per language). Most people outside of Germany ju
by jjcon 6y ago
It’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.
- asdff 6y agoI don't even know how to say BioNtech. Bio-inn-tech? Bion-tech? Bio-and-tech? It's a clumsy name, to be fair, compared to moderna or pfizer.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoWhy? Anyone who would be investing in companies would know it's Biontech if they did 5 minutes of research. I think they'll do just fine after developing the vaccine. The people who matter to their future will know their name.
- xxpor 6y agoDon't underestimate the value of political support by having name recognition. Imagine if instead of Solyndra, the money went to GE or something. The project still failed, the government still lost the money. But it's a lot easier to sell "We gave the money to this well known company, the project failed, it happens" even though the result is exactly the same.