Lol born in the same year and got the vaccine on the same day.. except I wasn't waiting for the FDA approval, over 18s could only start getting vaccinated on friday in my country.
According to the FDA website the average size of groups required for testing (and approval) of new drugs is:
Phase 1 - between 20 and 80 subjects.
Phase 2 - between 100-300 subjects.
Phase 3 - between 1,000-3,000 subjects
The Pfizer tests were conducted over a year ago, using 43,000 test subjects.
*NOTE: There is also a "Phase 4" - which monitors safety and efficacy of an approved drug after release to the general public. We are currently at ~4 billion doses worldwide, with no substantial problems found.
My sister on the other hand is not a person of her word. She said she was waiting for FDA approval. So today I sent her the link to the FDA page saying the Pfizer vaccine was approved. She asked me "why are you sending me that?" And I replied with what she had told me. She said she didn't care, she still wasn't getting it.
bersky_bear on August 23rd, 2021 at 20:14 UTC »
Lol born in the same year and got the vaccine on the same day.. except I wasn't waiting for the FDA approval, over 18s could only start getting vaccinated on friday in my country.
Bonamia_ on August 23rd, 2021 at 22:00 UTC »
For the record:
According to the FDA website the average size of groups required for testing (and approval) of new drugs is:
Phase 1 - between 20 and 80 subjects.
Phase 2 - between 100-300 subjects.
Phase 3 - between 1,000-3,000 subjects
The Pfizer tests were conducted over a year ago, using 43,000 test subjects.
*NOTE: There is also a "Phase 4" - which monitors safety and efficacy of an approved drug after release to the general public. We are currently at ~4 billion doses worldwide, with no substantial problems found.
plasmac9 on August 23rd, 2021 at 22:01 UTC »
My sister on the other hand is not a person of her word. She said she was waiting for FDA approval. So today I sent her the link to the FDA page saying the Pfizer vaccine was approved. She asked me "why are you sending me that?" And I replied with what she had told me. She said she didn't care, she still wasn't getting it.