Yesterday, I was working from home and had a very interesting tele-conversation with one of my colleagues in Sales and Marketing team. We were talking about the current work from home situation and how I find it not that effective but have to adhere to Business Continuity Planning.
"I wonder when will the COVID vaccine be imported by our Ministry of Health for use by Singaporeans," I said.
"Aiyo, not so fast one. I tell you this. I worked as a nurse in a hospital before and know about such thing. Successful vaccines take as long as 10 years to develop. So we will need to wait at least 2-3 more years fastest before a successful tested vaccine is rolled out for mass inoculations. Also viruses keep mutating, so a successful vaccine may never be developed," exclaimed my colleague confidently.
When I heard the above, I was stunned for a moment and bewildered. Is my colleague, Sarah, working from home or more of "sleeping from home" for a few months to be so out of touch with the biggest global news this month?
"Sarah, Moderna and Pfizer vaccine have concluded their phase 3 trial and both are more than 90% effective and safe for use. As a matter of fact, UK had already started their mass vaccination programme for covid. The US is not far behind and they expect an emergency authorization as soon as this week or early next week by their FDA for Pfizer followed by Moderna," I remarked.
"Oh, I didn't know that....haha...I was very busy with business development work hence did not see the news," Sarah replied hastily.
Apparently, some folks maybe too relaxed with working from home and lost touch with reality. Luckily I updated her on the latest news else it will look bad on the image of our organisation if she meets clients and tells them the weirdo theory and misconceptions of hers.
Efficacy is not the same as effectiveness. Also those phase 3 trial only have a sample size of 100+ people.
ReplyDeleteIts true that the viruses are mutating continuously. And we do not know how long the protection can last.
ReplyDeleteWhat she says is true in the past. It is just that regulators are now willing to take more risks to speed things up as the economy cannot take it if drag longer.
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