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by jtgeibel 1810 days ago
The election was on Tuesday November 3rd, and Pfizer announced their results on Monday November 9th. They were only notified of the results the previous day.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/health/covid-vaccine-pfiz...

> Dr. Jansen said she learned of the results from the outside panel of experts shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, and that the timing was not influenced by the election. “We have always said that science is driving how we conduct ourselves — no politics,” she said.

Edit: It would be nice if the people downvoting this could explain why you disagree.