Operation WarpSpeed czar goes full Scottish on Face the Nation

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Helpful pro tip: Never go Full Scottish.

Feds consider half-doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to stretch supplies, as U.K. spaces out Pfizer, AstraZeneca shots

The U.S. government is considering halving the dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, Operation Warp Speed chief Moncef Slaoui told CBS’ Face the Nation Sunday. The vaccine task force is in talks with Moderna and the FDA about implementing the idea, he said.

“We know that, for the Moderna vaccine, giving half of the dose to people between the ages of 18 and 55, two doses [at] half the dose … we know it induces identical immune response” to the currently authorized dose, Slaoui added.

So for those who will be labeled antivaxxer and science denier for questioning Herr Doktor Slaoui, appointed czar over all things viral by the Great Orange One, here is a link to the clinical trial. Please note while reviewing the primary and secondary outcome measures, how many times half-doses are mentioned. In normal times, making efficacy and safety claims to the FDA about results that your trial was never powered to measure would get the door slammed in your face (at a minimum.)

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04470427

I wouldn't trust this jerk to teach the scientific method to second graders in an ESL class. Which means that they are fully qualified to rise through the ranks of Congressional leadership of either party. Maybe even teach journalism at an Ivy League institution.

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