Moderna + Pfizer vaccine trial participants report intense side effects

[EuphoricVibez 9]

Three patients taking part in clinical trials for Moderna's (NASDAQ:MRNA) coronavirus vaccine candidate and two taking part in Pfizer's (NYSE:PFE) study have experienced intense side effects, according to a report published by CNBC. Those effects included high fever, pounding headaches, intense chills, and exhaustion.

The CNBC article identified one of the participants in the Moderna study, a man named Luke Hutchison. After being given the second of two COVID-19 vaccine shots during the trial, he said he awoke late at night with chills and a fever. 

CNBC did not reveal the identities of the four other patients, who asked to remain anonymous, but the news network did say it had verified their participation in the studies through trial documentation. One, a participant in the Pfizer study, experienced similar side effects to Hutchison after being administered the second dose of the pharmaceutical giant's two-dose candidate.

On a more positive note, all three Moderna trial participants and one in the Pfizer trial reported that their side effects, while intense, melted away after at most one day. All five, meanwhile, expressed the belief that the discomfort they experienced will be worth it for the value of the research being undertaken. Both of the trials in question are phase 3 studies that have tens of thousands of participants. And because they are double-blind, neither the patients nor the medical workers inoculating them know whether any given individual is getting the vaccine or a placebo.

Pfizer -- along with BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX), the Germany-based biotech it is partnering with -- and Moderna are considered by many to be among the front-runners in the race to bring a coronavirus vaccine to market. Both Pfizer/BioNTech's BNT162b2 and Moderna's MRNA-1273 are messenger RNA-based candidates that have been developed relatively quickly, and are now in late-stage testing.

https://www.fool.com/amp/investing/2020/10/05/report-moderna-and-pfizer-vaccine-trial-participan/

[vyniildisk 12,689]

I read Madonna 

[EuphoricVibez 9]

1 minute ago, Dulo Peep said:

I read Madonna 

Maybe she can come up with a vaccine for us too 

[Fish 6,259]

1 minute ago, Dulo Peep said:

I read Madonna 

queen of reinventing into big pharma company. the journey continues! 

[uo111 5,283]

I’m working at a trial site in Texas right now on both pfizer and moderna. I’m unblinded and actually administering the doses, so I know what they are getting 

[shoful 13,304]

Well this is good news as long as it works!!! There are like 10,000 people in these trials right? 0.05% get an “intense” side effect for at most a day that’s sweet if the vaccine does work!
 

I’m confused how it’s double blind am I just misunderstanding? Doesn’t someone need to know if the placebo or real one is being taken 

[CyanLights 15,576]

4 minutes ago, shoful said:

 

I’m confused how it’s double blind am I just misunderstanding? Doesn’t someone need to know if the placebo or real one is being taken 

that would defeat the purpose of the placebo, participants who receive the placebo believe that are receiving the normal drug

[Ricardo 8,143]

4 minutes ago, shoful said:

I’m confused how it’s double blind am I just misunderstanding? Doesn’t someone need to know if the placebo or real one is being taken 

neither the investigators or the individuals taking the "vaccine" knows who got the placebo and who got the real deal

[tifffany 373]

9 minutes ago, shoful said:

Well this is good news as long as it works!!! There are like 10,000 people in these trials right? 0.05% get an “intense” side effect for at most a day that’s sweet if the vaccine does work!
 

I’m confused how it’s double blind am I just misunderstanding? Doesn’t someone need to know if the placebo or real one is being taken 

When the doctors are giving patients the placebo, neither the doctor nor the patient know. A third party keeps track of who got the placebo and who got the real thing, and then when the experiment is over you might find out.

 

edit: oops sorry I see this was answered while I was writing a reply lol

[weed 79,071]

I wanna know all the secret trials and tests they’ve conducted in general for other medical advances. Must be sooooooo much secret dirt in Big Pharma

[shoful 13,304]

30 minutes ago, CyanLights said:

that would defeat the purpose of the placebo, participants who receive the placebo believe that are receiving the normal drug

I understand that. I was asking who is keeping track. A member answer that a third party is tracking it. Thank you tho!

29 minutes ago, Ricardo said:

neither the investigators or the individuals taking the "vaccine" knows who got the placebo and who got the real deal

Yes I was asking who is keeping track. @tifffany elaborated. Thanks! 

26 minutes ago, tifffany said:

When the doctors are giving patients the placebo, neither the doctor nor the patient know. A third party keeps track of who got the placebo and who got the real thing, and then when the experiment is over you might find out.

 

edit: oops sorry I see this was answered while I was writing a reply lol

This was the answer I was looking for   thank you for clarifying! 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

Lovely 

[MJHolland 12,725]

Oh god, I hope this doesn't derail trials. The hope for this vaccine is the only thing keeping me going 

[President Biden 5,898]

If you “believe science” you would acknowledge these numbers are statistically null, no different than how I’m sure 1 person has died from taking tylenol as some point. 

 

Keep going Moderna! I gave faith in you (& stock. I am financially invested in your success too.)

[Pennywise 36,080]

1 hour ago, EuphoricVibez said:

Maybe she can come up with a vaccine for us too 

Hold on a second I'll roleplay as a rep*blican: She did an Illuminati chant or something by saying "not everyone is coming to the future" in the Eurovision, she doesn't want a vaccine she wants us to die wake up sheeple