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by bena 1694 days ago
So 6 out of how many other studies and drugs they've released without scandal?

If we're applying the COVID standard to Pfizer, would their failure rate be greater than or less than COVID's death rate?

If we use the 2% number I've seen around here for COVID's death rate, that means if Pfizer has over 300 drugs, these six scandals are a non-issue because they happen so rarely.

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I’m perplexed why you are defending a corporation after such an excellent reply from the above poster ( and I’ve taken the vax).

But l add the death rate according the administration is around 0.5% from the latest stats due to lack of testing.

It's less defending Pfizer and questioning the poster's true motives.

Some people seem determined to do anything except take precautions laid out by infectious disease experts and take medicine specifically for this virus. And they're looking for any excuse to do so.

A diversity of people will have a diversity of risk registers, this is actually healthy for long term stability because mono cultures have associated risks.
No it's about one third of drugs according to a Yale study and it took a median of 4.2 years after the drugs were approved for safety concerns to be apparent.