{"id":40543,"date":"2020-12-08T12:08:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T16:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40543"},"modified":"2020-12-08T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T16:08:05","slug":"how-does-the-fda-even-approve-a-covid-vaccine-that-has-severe-adverse-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40543","title":{"rendered":"How does the FDA even approve a Covid vaccine that has &#8216;severe adverse reactions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>FDA Confirms Pfizer Vaccine 95% Effective, Warns Of &#8216;Severe Adverse Reactions&#8217; After Dose 2<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Pfizer and partner BioNTech\u2019s COVID-19\u00a0<strong>vaccine meets expectations on agency guidance and is enough to spur an agency review<\/strong>, according to staff of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The finding is one of several significant new results featured in the\u00a0<strong>briefing materials<\/strong>, which span 53 pages of data analyses from the agency and from Pfizer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Thursday, F.D.A.\u2019s vaccine advisory panel will discuss these materials<\/strong>\u00a0in advance of a vote on whether to recommend authorization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg?itok=fiN4P21-\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg?itok=fiN4P21-\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg?itok=XFsjuc57 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg?itok=XFsjuc57 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg?itok=XFsjuc57 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg?itok=XFsjuc57 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg?itok=XFsjuc57 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg?itok=fiN4P21- 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/download%20%2878%29_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ea648ab2-cefa-431c-8dfc-d89209977eab\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the bright side,\u00a0<strong>efficacy in preventing confirmed COVID-19 occurring at least 7 days after the second dose of vaccine was 95.0%.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the study sponsors\u00a0<strong>\u201cprovided adequate information to ensure the vaccine\u2019s quality and consistency for authorization of the product under an EUA\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0agency reviewers said in briefing documents ahead of a Thursday panel.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the study confirms that\u00a0<strong>the vaccine worked well regardless of a volunteer\u2019s race, weight or age.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1336294615331246083&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Ffda-confirms-pfizer-vaccine-95-effective-warns-severe-adverse-reactions-after-dose-2&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1336294615331246083\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>However, one thing of note in the &#8216;risk&#8217; section includes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The vaccine has been<strong>\u00a0shown to elicit increased local and systemic adverse reactions<\/strong>\u00a0as compared to those in the placebo arm, usually lasting a few days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The most common solicited adverse reactions were injection site reactions (84.1%), fatigue (62.9%), headache (55.1%), muscle pain (38.3%), chills (31.9%), joint pain (23.6%), fever (14.2%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Severe adverse reactions occurred in 0.0-4.6% of participants, were more frequent after Dose 2\u00a0<\/strong>than after Dose 1 and were generally less frequent in older adults (&gt;55 years of age) (&lt;2.8%) as compared to younger participants (\u22644.6%). 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