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In these phase 3 trials, participants must be medically stable, younger than the oldest person to ever live, not pregnant, and not suffering from any...

Isn't he Catholic himself? So that's at least one Catholic.

This. Also I am curious if in this kind of study they usually include only healthy people or also people with comorbidities - e.g. being...

You know, I know Biden said he was going for a 'diverse' cabinet, but only putting Jews on your cabinet is not, in fact, all that diverse, even if...

That's a pretty long-winded way of saying, "I do not intend to ascertain that you are the president-elect.

Oh absolutely I agree that the devil will be in the details and I am sure bodies such as the MHRA here in the UK, the FDA in the USA, the EMA in the...

It's not the legitimacy of the source I'm concerned about; we can't draw any firm or even somewhat mushy conclusions about what to expect from the...

The dam is breaking, the floodgates are opening. Murkowski wasn't a surprise but this one wasn't on my list of eight earlier. The Senators are making...

About fucking time. 1331011299707408385

1330654366894870529 Clear and unambiguous.

It doesn't matter. It never reached the threshold of hitting a supermajority in the Senate and even Pelosi knew that full well. Had it not been for...

I can't stress enough how important it is to know details of the studies rather than press releases. Without confidence intervals and a lot of other...

Indeed. Though I'm assuming Reuters quoting their head of non-oncology research and development is a legitimate source. Just remarkable to think...

I think maybe we can wait to see a proper report on their results

This is amusing. Not quite penicillin but if true a very fortunate mistake given 90% efficacy for this dosage and 62% efficacy for the other. ...

If there's one thing this pandemic has revealed, it's that people everywhere have unrealistic views about everywhere else :) this is esp. noticeable...

If this happens in Sweden, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Okay hang on "deemed persona non grata" means "promoted to a senior advisory position" yes? ...

My sister is the chief of staff of a large hospital in the Midwest. She anticipated and handled the first wave reasonably well, and has worked to...

Given the global reputation of Swedish scientists, I hope the people responsible for this are deemed persona non grata in any kind of international...

I think you've forgotten all the unconstitutional stuff Trump did before this year.

Not voting to impeach (especially given the supermajority needed) is completely different than voting to abolish democracy and impose electors who...

Deficient risk analysis notwithstanding, the primary issue appears to be groupthink and the entrenchment of a very particular view of public health...

Why are your scientists so dumb?

Are these the same senators who criticized Trump's actions on Twitter but then couldn't bring themselves to vote to remove him from power?

Pfizer's stock price has been a little bonkers for a long while now, and the jump is modest in comparison to the overall trend. Notwithstanding any...

Indeed that's why I couldn't understand why Pfizer's shares did sky jump on their news.

By my count the number of GOP Senators to recognise Biden as POTUS elect and telling Trump to get on with transition is now up to 8 already. The...