Aaron Siri
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Well, the way that I, you know, we've got 40 folks at our firm that just do vaccine-related work. I believe we have the largest vaccine practice in the world that doesn't represent pharmaceutical companies. 15 of those folks do vaccine injury claims. We don't sue pharmaceutical companies typically. We just sue in that program.
And we sue the federal government in a program called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. That's a very limited program. We'll compensate very limited things. But when we do that, We want to assess the safety and efficacy of the product, particularly obviously the safety.
And we sue the federal government in a program called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. That's a very limited program. We'll compensate very limited things. But when we do that, We want to assess the safety and efficacy of the product, particularly obviously the safety.
We want to see if a mother calls you and says, look, I gave my two month old a Hep B shot or a few vaccines and then ended up with a grand mal seizure within ten minutes. Well, how do we determine causation? How can we show whether the vaccine caused that issue?
We want to see if a mother calls you and says, look, I gave my two month old a Hep B shot or a few vaccines and then ended up with a grand mal seizure within ten minutes. Well, how do we determine causation? How can we show whether the vaccine caused that issue?
Well, normally the way you do it is you have a prospective trial that compares an exposed group to an unexposed group, commonly known as a clinical trial.
Well, normally the way you do it is you have a prospective trial that compares an exposed group to an unexposed group, commonly known as a clinical trial.
You would just do that. And so with COVID vaccine, to your example, if somebody asked you, Dr. Drew, like you were saying, well, should I give them the booster? You'd want to look at the clinical trial data for that vaccine. Well, good luck finding it because it doesn't exist for most of the boosters. They're not using clinical trials. And unfortunately, the reality is that
You would just do that. And so with COVID vaccine, to your example, if somebody asked you, Dr. Drew, like you were saying, well, should I give them the booster? You'd want to look at the clinical trial data for that vaccine. Well, good luck finding it because it doesn't exist for most of the boosters. They're not using clinical trials. And unfortunately, the reality is that
You know, there's a giant delta between the clinical trials for vaccines and the clinical trials for drugs. When it comes to drugs, if I may, most package inserts, if you pull up that piece of paper in the box, you know, when you get the drug, there's that big piece of paper.
You know, there's a giant delta between the clinical trials for vaccines and the clinical trials for drugs. When it comes to drugs, if I may, most package inserts, if you pull up that piece of paper in the box, you know, when you get the drug, there's that big piece of paper.
You open it up, there's section 6.1, and as required by federal law, it will summarize what was the clinical trial vis-a-vis safety relied upon to license that product. Well, for many drugs, like look at the top-selling Pfizer drugs, Embryol, Leroquist, Lipitor. You will see they're multi-year clinical trials that review safety against the placebo.
You open it up, there's section 6.1, and as required by federal law, it will summarize what was the clinical trial vis-a-vis safety relied upon to license that product. Well, for many drugs, like look at the top-selling Pfizer drugs, Embryol, Leroquist, Lipitor. You will see they're multi-year clinical trials that review safety against the placebo.
So you can compare those that are exposed, not exposed, and you can look at all the body systems. You know, neurological system, immune system, cardiovascular system. You can see the delta between those. But with vaccines⊠You don't have that. And by the way, don't take my word for it, it's all on the FDA website.
So you can compare those that are exposed, not exposed, and you can look at all the body systems. You know, neurological system, immune system, cardiovascular system. You can see the delta between those. But with vaccines⊠You don't have that. And by the way, don't take my word for it, it's all on the FDA website.
You can go to FDA licensed vaccines, and on one page, you can look at the clinical trials to license most vaccines. Unfortunately, you don't have that data. So you don't have it for the booster. For the underlying, the initial COVID vaccine product, at least for Pfizer, And Moderna, you do have at least two months on average of placebo-controlled data.
You can go to FDA licensed vaccines, and on one page, you can look at the clinical trials to license most vaccines. Unfortunately, you don't have that data. So you don't have it for the booster. For the underlying, the initial COVID vaccine product, at least for Pfizer, And Moderna, you do have at least two months on average of placebo-controlled data.
But I'll tell you, that's in six months of safety for approximately for rare events. But that's an aberration. That is rare. You're not going to find that for any clinical trial for vaccines. You will find it for drugs.
But I'll tell you, that's in six months of safety for approximately for rare events. But that's an aberration. That is rare. You're not going to find that for any clinical trial for vaccines. You will find it for drugs.
Yeah, there were problems in the manner that you're describing, but may I one-up you? And it's this. Go ahead. They said it's 95% effective. What was that based on? It was based on the fact that about 100 and something individuals, and this was for Pfizer initially, 100 and something individuals had some symptoms consistent with COVID-19, and they tested positive.