I was waiting for the vaccine to be FDA approved, and today it was. I am a man of my word.

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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.