The top executive at Pfizer, a leading producer of COVID-19 vaccines, has tested positive for the virus and says he is experiencing very mild symptoms.
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Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said Monday that he started taking Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill treatment and is isolating while he recovers.
Bourla has received four shots of Comirnaty, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the New York drugmaker along with BioNTech. He said in a brief statement issued by the company that he is confident of a quick recovery.
More than 128 million people in the United States have become fully vaccinated with Pfizer’s two-shot vaccine since it entered the market more than a year ago and almost 61 million have received an initial booster shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Scientists say the vaccine still offers solid protection against hospitalization and serious illness. But the evolving virus has made it tougher for vaccines to prevent all forms of illness from developing.
Pfizer and another vaccine maker, Moderna, are updating their shots to provide protection against newer versions of the virus for a fall booster campaign.
Paxlovid also has shown in research to be extremely effective at warding off serious illness if it is administered shortly after symptoms start.
Comirnaty and Paxlovid are the top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment on the market. Combined, they brought in nearly $17 billion in sales for Pfizer during the recently completed second quarter.
It would be surprising if he was actually given anything other than saline-solution injections. If not, he’s more foolish than one might otherwise believe.
The only people getting COVID at this point we’re the ones who took the COVID poison shot.
Ha ha ha. I love it. Couldn’t of happened to a better criminal and thief.
Because of the vaccine lives were saved those that were vaccinated in
Most cases didn’t even no they had it other then a cough and runny nose. Just remember it was an unvaccinated frummy that brought polio back
The only thing the vax accomplished is money for the drug cartel .and deaths and injuries
It amazes me that so many ignorant people, most of whom never learned a word of science, can think they know more than the medical experts. {But run to the medical experts if they Ch”v become ill) I thank Hashem every day for the Covid vaccine which made it possible for those who catch Covid to have only mild cases. Saying the vaccine is harming people, or that the polio victim in Rockland County didn’t have polio, is so ignorant and primitive, it boggles the mind .When did our “am navon vechacham” become so backward?
Refuah shleimah!