Originally Posted by
rickair7777
In fairness the people who developed the vaccine are not the same people who execute the trials... that was likely outsourced due to the size and urgency.
What would be interesting to know is whether the incorrect dosage was administered erroneously by the people executing the trial, or whether it was packaged/labelled incorrectly at the point of mfg. The later would need to be addressed.
According to the article I read, the latter. But supposing that were the former, that would be equally bad. If the people executing a trial can’t even read dosages properly, what would be the credibility of their research?
But the candidate vaccine was just 62% effective in the group that received two full doses.
Mene Pangalos, head of biopharmaceuticals research and development at AstraZeneca, admitted to Reuters on Monday that some participants received a half dose and then a full dose due to a dosing error.
Pangalos called it a "useful mistake" in a later interview with the New York Times, published on Wednesday.
Oxford University said in a statement on Wednesday that some of the vials in the trial did not have the right concentration of vaccine. The university said the problem was discussed with regulators and they decided to complete the late-stage trial in two groups, according to the AP
https://www.euronews.com/2020/11/26/...vaccine-trials
Nah, a SNAFU of this magnitude on a process so simple either makes AstraZeneca look like idiots, or it makes everybody involved in the whole process look like idiots. where was the oversight?
Diabetics give themselves appropriate insulin dosages without inadvertently doubling or halving their dose every day. You are trying to save the world and you can’t get a dosage right?
Nurse Jess (see above) could have done better, and I don’t think she’s even a real nurse.
PS: Did you even notice the hypodermic?