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I don't think it's a bug in the trial, but rather evolution at work. The vaccine worked pretty well against the Wuhan strain, but Covid breeds variants like it

I don't think it's a bug in the trial, but rather evolution at work. The vaccine worked pretty well against the Wuhan strain, but Covid breeds variants like it was a rabbit. The farther from the strain coded into the vaccine the less effective the vaccine is. It still seems to be pretty good at reducing the severity, though--the unvaccinated are dying at a far higher rate than the vaccinated.

oldgradstudent 3y ago
> I don't think it's a bug in the trial, but rather evolution at work. That's called an ad-hoc hypothesis. In science and philosophy, an ad hoc hypothesis is a hypothesis added to a theory in order to save it from being falsified. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc_hypothesis It could be true, but it is not enough to assert it, it has to be proven.
- linuxftw 3y ago
  Even in the initial data released by the FDA, Pfizer didn't test all patients for COVID during the trial. In fact, they didn't even test all 'suspected' cases during the trial. In fact, there were more 'suspected but not verified' cases among the test group than the control. It was junk science from top to bottom, and this assumes any science was conducted at all. According to a whistle blower, the science was fraudulent.