After being the first few to ink deal with Pfizer and Moderna of 95% efficacy vaccines approved for emergency used only, Singapore again rushing ahead of everyone to ink deal with another American pharma company for another oral vaccine, not yet even approved for emergency used.
The same market hype about how effective is this yet to be approved 'for emergency' use is flooding the American media like it is another wonder cure for the conronavirus. This time they have yet to claim 95% efficacy, to prevent infection or is it to prevent serious illnesses? Whatever, coming from the American's mouth must be good, really good, without question.
See how good the 95% efficacy vaccines were in preventing infection and now the whole of US and UK are seeing infection skyrocketing. Still very happy to believe and hear the good stuff.
'Data from clinical trials suggests the drug is most effective when given early in the course of infectio, said MSD.' Sounds like another too good to believe cure. Would it be 95% efficacy again or 94.5%?
One think is very clear on this new drug called molnupiravir, is that it is not above preventing infection but 'reduce the chance of hospitalisation or death by half for patients who are at risk of severe disease.' What, what, only reduce by half? How is this compares to Pfizer and Moderna? Is half better than Pfizer and Moderna, used to be 95% in preventing infection, thus cannot get infected, and definitely more than 50% effective in preventing serious illness and death. So why buy something that is only 50% effective?
Catch no balls. Oh, this one can go oral instead of getting poked. So less painful and less effective are still consider a wonder cure, like a must have. See the mad rush for this wonder cure that is not even used or approved for emergency use?
Did I hear suckers? Oops, oops, cannot say this. Those scurrying for this wonder white men's drug are so happy, going hysterical, and feeling on top of the world to be able to secure this wonder drug first.
Would it turn out to be another disappointment like the 95% mRNA vaccines? Now who said these were disappointments? No one is unhappy with them and are still be touted as the best in the market. Just get poke again every 3 or 6 months would do. No problem.
Who's next to deliver another wonder drug? Definitely not China. The zero Covid in China is fake, cannot be true. China vaccines are of lesser effectiveness even if China is enjoying near zero virus and the Chinese are going around happily with their 'less effective' vaccines.
As long as one is happy in one's believe, it is good enough to spend the money. Who cares if it is really effective or not. It is from America, must be good, really good. Nearly a million American children are not infected by the virus and fighting for their lives. Never heard of such things in China. The Chinese children are happily playing outdoor and going to school.
PS. Would the sales agreement be kept secret, be the same as Pfizers, to indemnify the drug producers from all liabilities, claims and cost, even if the drug proves ineffective or poisonous and people got killed because of the drug?