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Being cautios is generally advised with omicron, but if you suspect the worst from people one would expect the CEO of Biontech to escalate the threat not to dow

• smt88 5y ago
  > if you suspect the worst from people one would expect the CEO of Biontech to escalate the threat not to downplay it I don't expect the worst from him. I expect him to say that BioNTech vaccines are effective based on preliminary evidence, which is not necessarily evil, but also subject to changing when we get more data. Also, he's not saying that omicron isn't a big deal. He's just saying that you don't have to be scared because you can use their product. From the article: > “Don’t freak out,” Sahin said. “The plan remains the same: Speed up the administration of a third booster shot.” > The comments from the chief of BioNTech, Pfizer Inc.’s partner on the Covid vaccine, add to a growing range of views from vaccine developers on the efficacy of their shots against the new variant. Amid a shortage of hard data, some of their positions have seemed contradictory at times, fueling uncertainty among investors about how to react to omicron’s emergence. This is exactly what we would expect from CEOs that are worried about their stock prices. Of course everyone should still get their booster, but we still don't know for sure whether omicron is something to worry about or not.