Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Pfizer Vaccine Details

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  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/lzF-NFY8ok0   From the actual documents the company submitted to the FDA and CDC.  The Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine consists of messenger RNA wrapped up in a lipid nanoparticle package.  The RNA is formulated to avoid immune destruction once injected and to code for a CoVid spike glycoprotein that will provoke production of a human antibody.  It is stored as a frozen suspension at -112 to -76 degrees Fahrenheit.   It is supplied in a 5-7 dose vial and is given as two 30 ug IM injections 28 days apart.  The vaccine is preservative-free and contains no eggs or latex   The Pfizer vaccine was first tested for safety and immunogenicity in a phase 1 trial of 90 persons and a followup phase 2 trial of 360 persons.  It’s effectiveness was confirmed and safety checked in a randomized blinded phase 3 trial involving 38,000  participants.     The results showed an ability to prevent any CoVid infection for all age patients of 95%, for those 18-64 yrs of 95%, and for those 65-74 was 93%, and for t