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HERE'S HOW THE PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINES STACK UP
The rush for a vaccine to combat COVID-19 forced scientists to adapt and develop new techniques to try and expedite the global quest for a solution.
Now, both Moderna and Pfizer (along with Pfizer's German partner BioNTech) have released headline data purporting to show their mRNA vaccines to be surprisingly effective.
Deutsche Bank published an updated guide to where all the major vaccine projects stand just a few days ago.
Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccine consists of a strand of mRNA that tells the body to produce the spike protein the coronavirus uses to latch on to human cells. This strand functions like one side of a zipper: the "teeth" are a sequence of chemical letters that cells read to produce the 1,273 amino acids comprising the famous protein "SPIKES" that the virus uses to latch on to human cells.
When it works as intended, the vaccine starts producing the proteins soon after injection, prompting the immune system to react and build up protective antibodies against them.
Here's a helpful graphic from Bloomberg.
See Graphic:
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/mRNA3.png?itok=qQAm3Lbw
How do the results compare?
So far, at least, the biggest difference between the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines appears to be the headline number, which shows PFIZER'S VACCINE TO BE 90% EFFECTIVE, AND MODERNA'S TO BE 94.5% EFFECTIVE. U.S. regulators earlier this year released guidance that said any shot should be at least 50% effective. To be sure, there are other important differences between the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Here's a quick roundup of the most glaring differences, courtesy of Bloomberg.
What do the two vaccines have in common?
Both shots rely on a technology called messenger RNA that has never been used before to develop an approved vaccine. The approach is designed to transform the body’s own cells into vaccine-making factories. The vaccines instruct cells to make copies of the spike protein of the coronavirus, stimulating the creation of protective antibodies.
How are they different?
Moderna received $955 million from the U.S. Operation Warp Speed program. Pfizer has said it didn’t receive any federal funding to develop its vaccine, though BioNTech got as much as 375 million euros ($444 million) in German government assistance. Still, Pfizer has struck a supply agreement with the U.S. worth nearly $2 billion. The U.S. has agreed to pay up to $1.53 billion to purchase supply of the Moderna shot.
What are the storage and distribution challenges?
After vaccines are approved, the effort to immunize hundreds of millions of people will need to overcome a series of other hurdles. Storage and distribution for some of the products is complex. Pfizer’s vaccine must be stored ultra-cold until a few days before it is used, but can be kept at refrigerator temperatures for as much as five days. Moderna, meanwhile, pointed to new data showing its vaccine is stable at refrigerator temperatures for 30 days, much longer than a previously estimated seven days. It can be kept in freezers over the longer term and doesn’t need the special facilities required for the Pfizer vaccine.
With regulatory approval inching closer, we expect more attention will be paid to the deals being struck by Pfizer, Moderna and the like to sell millions of doses to the US, Europe etc.
See Chart:
Who got what vaccine: Pfizer vs Moderna orders (US win sells but not quality vaccine)
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/VAX11.jpg?itok=Bag8ZfvG
(Interesting: Germany bought more vaccines and also got more pandemic)
US propaganda Agst Moderna vaccine:
To be sure, mRNA vaccines are a new technology, and thus present a double-edged sword: while they have become the first vaccines to show results in the west, many questions about their long-term efficacy and side effects remain. While they may ultimately prove harmless with time, there's little denying the fact that everyone who receives a vaccine during the first round of testing will be like their own little guinea pig. ( If you don’t want to be little guinea pig any longer, .. follow my opinion: )
( MY OPINION:IF you are not covid positive, better wait until better results comes up .. just take care of your immune system with healthy food: vegetables, fruits, less carbohydrates and Vitamine d3 with your meals + plus a lot of exercise in parks exposed to sun & avoid obesity. IF you already positive to CV get out of Pfizer & move to Moderna. In both cases: use mask and avoid family & public meetings.)
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SOURCE: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/heres-how-pfizer-and-moderna-vaccines-stack
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ZERO HEDGE ECONOMICS
Neoliberal globalization is over. Financiers know it, they documented with graphics
Pandemia vaccine: HOPE vs DYSTOPIA
DOW HITS RECORD HIGH AS VACCINE HOPE TRUMPS COVID 'CASEDEMIC'
by Tyler Durden
COVID cases are exploding higher, hospitalizations are rising, and deaths have increased, but for the second Monday in a row, big pharma has dropped a press release proclaiming a "miracle" vaccine efficacy against the deadly pandemic.
Stocks soared initially... but just like last Monday, those early futures gains were quickly sold and Tech/momentum/growth was sold (weighing on Nasdaq)...From the vaccine headline, Nasdaq is unch, Small Caps significantly higher, Dow closed at cash high of the day.
The Dow (cash) hit a new record high today as futures tried (but failed) to peg 30,000 once again overnight...
See Chart:
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2020-11-16_12-53-11.jpg?itok=STPTL1A4
One thing we do note - if the exponential rise in cases is so worrisome, as the media, career bureaucrats, and liberal politicians proclaim endlessly - then why are bonds just shrugging it off?
HINT - either the election really made a difference or no one is buying the real terror being pitched from the casedemic and are heaping all their hope on the vaccine. In fact, 'hope' is soaring overall as the real economy is weakening...
See Chart:
Soft Survey data: Hard economic data vs hope
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm4E1C_0.jpg?itok=rhmY_XXu
VIX pumped and dumped intraday to end modestly lower with a 22 handle...
See Chart:
See relation bet VIX and vaccine
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dow-hits-record-high-vaccine-hope-trumps-covid-casedemic
Treasuries spiked notably on the Moderna vaccine headlines but were quickly bid back lower to end barely higher on the day...
See Chart:
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm5CA3_0.jpg?itok=IVklPkmY
The dollar ended the day lower, unable to hold the spike gains from the vaccine...
See Chart:
Bloomberg Dollar Index vs Elections and vaccine
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm9D77_0.jpg?itok=rEoC76Km
Speculators & tax evaders win the battle: BITCOIN SOARED TO OVER $16,800...
See Chart:
BITCOIN
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm5839.jpg?itok=_uZQNyRL
Oil prices ended the day higher on vaccine hopes presumably, but once again staled at $42 and faded back...
See Chart:
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2020-11-16_12-41-47.jpg?itok=aNAkLlAI
Gold futures plunged on the vaccine headlines but buyers stepped right in to bring it back to unch...
See Chart:
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2020-11-16_12-43-44.jpg?itok=BbK4TAGd
Finally, we note that fear of the virus has collapsed to its lowest since early March...
See Chart:
Virus Fear Trade
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm9AEE_0.jpg?itok=iArIztEZ
And the work-from-home/re-opening trade signals a big shift...
See Chart:
Zoom / Uber
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm7E0E.jpg?itok=_wRGGKqG
And the VIX term structure has collapsed...
See Chart:
VIX M2-M8 Futs Spread
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bfm6876_0.jpg?itok=l9N2IybG
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SOURCE: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/dow-hits-record-high-vaccine-hope-trumps-covid-casedemic
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JPMORGAN EXPECTS FED TO EXTEND QE MATURITY IN DECEMB MEETING
The accelerating spread of the virus may be changing that assessment, and last Thursday Powell indicated that this spread implies that Congress and the Fed will likely need “to do more.”
Over the weekend we showed in simple terms why the Fed will have to adjust - and expand - its QE: as the following BofA table makes abundantly clear, in a time when foreign demand for US Treasurys continues to decline the US is set to issue a net $2.4 trillion while the Fed will monetize less than $1 trillion of this, a stark reversal from 2020 when Jerome Powell is purchasing every dollar of debt sold by Mnuchin.
See Table:
Treasury supply now much grater than FED purchases
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/bofa%20fed%20flows_2.jpg?itok=bl-8DgJ4
In other words, take the already biggest asset bubble in the world and make it bigger:
See Chart:
Finally, for all those who only came here for the cartoons, here is an explanation of what's going on. NOT EXPLANATION AT ALL or BLOCKED
Video address: https://twitter.com/i/status/1328360969899290625
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GOLDMAN, CITI SEE DOLLAR SLIDING IN 2021, PLUNGING AS MUCH AS 20%
"Vaccine distribution will check off all of our bear market signposts, allowing the dollar to follow a similar path to that it experienced from the early to mid-2000s."
Goldman's chief FX strategist Zach Pandal, predicts that "depreciation in the broad Dollar can continue in 2021" and writes that his USD cross forecasts translate into a 6% decline in the broad trade-weighted Dollar index over the next 12 months, and a "sustained but orderly" 15% real depreciation from its 2020 peak to the end of 2024.
See chart:
We forecast sustained but orderly Dollar Depreciation
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/gs%20dxy%20sustained%20orderly.jpg?itok=PzTM8B0m
In fact, Goldman's 12-month outlook on the dollar means that the bank sees the US currency being the worst performer in the coming year, while the Russian Ruble is expected to be the best currency in 2021, rising nearly 18%.
See Chart:
Our 12m Total Return Forecast
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SOURCE: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/goldman-citi-see-dollar-sliding-2021-plunging-much-20
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US DOMESTIC POLITICS
Seudo democ duopolico in US is obsolete; it’s full of frauds & corruption. Urge cambio
Who is going to win the Senate?: it depends on re-counting in Georgia
Happy voting and let’s get it done... again.
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PETER SCHIFF: CAN AMERICA (billionaires?) REALLY TAKE A PAID VACATION FUNDED BY UNCLE SAM?
"This is the type of nonsense that actually gets discussed now. Because everybody thinks, well, it doesn’t matter, because the federal government is going to pay for it..."
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DON'T BLAME COVID: THE ECONOMY IS IMPLODING FROM OVER-CAPACITY AND CORRUPT CARTELS
By Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
Now that the bubble has burst, the hope is that removing the pin will magically restore the burst bubble. Sorry, it doesn't work that way...
Here's the fantasy: if we stop the shutdowns, the economy will naturally bounce back to its oh-so wunnerful perfection of Q3 2019. This is a double-dose of magical thinking and denial.
The reality nobody dares mention is that thanks to 20 years of the Federal Reserve's easy money, there's rampant over-capacity everywhere you look
Thanks to the Fed, the most profitable venture was borrowing to increase capacity, then borrow some more to extract the phantom value created by the greater capacity.
This Fed-created house of cards was never sustainable, or healthy, as all the incentives to add capacity were perverse
The problem isn't the pin, it's the bubble that was begging to be popped by something, anything.
Recall that bubbles pop on their own, even without a pin.
The other reality no one dares mention is the stranglehold of corrupt cartels that have long outlived their purpose
The healthcare system is another example of a sprawling system of cartels that's long overdue for a reckoning / unraveling
Now we have multiple Big Tech monopolies bleeding the nation dry, and Big Tech is rushing to flood Washington D.C
The entire American economy was a gigantic bubble of corrupt Fed-funded skims, scams, rackets, monopolies and cartels, and it was finally bursting in 2019
Now that the bubble has burst, the hope is that removing the pin will magically restore the burst bubble. Sorry, it doesn't work that way
Our system was never sustainable or healthy, and its collapse was inevitable
To read the explanation of above statements: Open the source:
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ONLY 46% OF AMERICANS WOULD RECEIVE COVID VACCINE AS SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE
67% of Americans are concerned about vaccine side-effects.
- 40% said they would get the vaccine, but prefer to see how effective and safe it is before receiving it. 14% said they would not get the vaccine under any circumstances.
- Top reasons against getting vaccinated: 1. Side effects (67%); 2. Safety and effectiveness (38%); 3. I won’t need a vaccination (21%); 4. Don’t believe in vaccinations (9%); 5. Cost concerns (8%).
See Chart:
Will you receive a COVIT-19 vaccination?
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/covid_vaccine-1536x1436.png?itok=BjHNfsco
When will a vaccine be produced? & when you will received?
See Chart:
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/covid_vaccine_2-1536x1070.png?itok=ELqobwua
Most respondents (50%) agree that the most vulnerable and susceptible populations should be the first to receive a vaccination (unclear if this includes all members of Congress and all career politicians). According to the CDC, adults of any age with underlying medical conditions such as cancer, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), heart disease and severe obesity, among other conditions, are at increased risk of developing severe illness from COVID-19.
See Charts:
https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/covid_vaccine3.png?itok=kOJ5mMT7
- 55% of Americans believe the government should require everyone to get vaccinated although 70% would not receive a vaccine if it isn’t approved by the FDA first.
- 53% believe they will be able to be vaccinated within a year.
- Once vaccinated, a quarter of respondents feel that it will still take between 1-to-2 years before a return to normalcy while 24% believe it will happen sooner (6 months to a year).
The full report can be FOUND HERE.
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SOURCE: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/only-46-americans-woudl-receive-covid-vaccine-soon-it-available
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ONLY 46% OF AMERICANS WOULD RECEIVE COVID VACCINE AS SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE
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Get your staff now & coordinate with your family the guttering place
OUR COVID POLICE STATE WANTS TO TAKE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM YOU TOO
Haven’t they taken enough away from us already?
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Fascism can destroy life pero jamás podrá crearla ni desarmarla. THEY WILL DIE
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STEPHEN SCHWARZMAN SAYS TEACHERS SHOULDN'T PAY INCOME TAXES
Teacher are the backbone of our society
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DEMOCRATS REGROUP AFTER SENATE SETBACK, LOOK BIDEN STRATEGY AS 'BLUEPRINT'
"Joe Biden’s message won in the kind of states we need to win in order to capture the Senate."
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WATCH LIVE: BIDEN DELIVERS REMARKS ON REVIVING THE US ECON
“To state the obvious, we seem to be turning a pretty dark corner now”
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US-WORLD ISSUES (Geo Econ, Geo Pol & global Wars)
Global depression is on…China, RU, Iran search for State socialis+K-, D rest in limbo
WW3: REAL INTENTION OF TRUMP?
TRUMP PURSUES LAST-MINUTE CHINA CRACKDOWN TO HEM IN BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
"Future US presidents will find it politically suicidal to reverse President Trump’s historic actions," said a NSC spokesman.
Trump 's final weeks in office plans to unveil a series of "hardline policies" on China with the ultimate aim of making it "politically untenable for the Biden administration to change course."
Swan writes, "He'll try to make it politically untenable for the Biden administration to change course as China acts aggressively from India to Hong Kong to Taiwan, and the pandemic triggers a second global wave of shutdowns.".. future U.S. presidents will find it politically suicidal to reverse President Trump’s historic actions," he said.
Raymond James's Ed Mills listed fresh options likely being mulled by the Trump administration, according to Bloomberg First Word:
- Withdrawing from the Phase One trade agreement with potential tariff escalation
- Entity listings for more Chinese firms, potentially including Ant financial
- Capital markets delisting orders targeting Chinese companies out of compliance with PCAOB auditing standards
- Orders seeking Covid-19-related damages from China
- Added restrictions on commercial transactions in information and communications technology and services
- Sanctions on Chinese oil companies for violation of U.S. sanctions on Iran
- Escalating human rights and geopolitical pressure on China, like harder language on Xinjiang, upgraded relations with Taiwan, penalties on Chinese officials related to Hong Kong
Meanwhile, on Sunday China was among 15 Asia-Pacific nations to sign the biggest free trade deal the region has ever seen - namely the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP - which has been eight years in the making.
China's Premier Li Keqiang was cited in state media as hailing a "victory against protectionism" and in international media reports it is being called "a coup for China" which will bolster Chinese claims that it remains a "champion of globalization and multilateral cooperation".
Thus Trump's pressure campaign and trade war has in the end done little to isolate the PRC, which a Biden presidency is expected to seek to soften. But time will tell if these looming last ditch moves of escalation by Trump will indeed force a hard line out of the next administration as intended.
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HANK PAULSON CALLS FOR NEW ROUND OF US-CHINA TALKS "UNDER BIDEN ADMINISTRATION"
The former Treasury Secretary said that the U.S. should consider removing tariffs on goods from the Asian nation once it has extracted a "reciprocal and tangible benefit" from China.
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TRUMP CELEBRATES MODERNA'S '95% EFFECTIVE' COVID-19 VACCINE, REMINDS WORLD IT HAPPENED 'ON MY WATCH'
Unlike Pfizer's vaccine, the Moderna jab is stable at refrigerator temperatures, an unexpected but extremely welcome development.
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HURRICANE IOTA ERUPTS TO CATEGORY 5, "CATASTROPHIC" DAMAGE EXPECTED
"This is a catastrophic situation unfolding for northeastern Nicaragua"
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SPUTNIK and RT SHOWS
GEO-POL n GEO-ECO ..Focus on neoliberal expansion via wars & danger of WW3
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- Putin, Netanyahu Discuss Fight Against COVID-19, Cooperation on Russian Vaccine
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