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full phase 1, 2, and 3 trials were done. there were 2 significant differences. Usually they are done entirely in succession. . Phase 1, then phase 2, then phase 3. So that would pose an additional risk to the participants. But they were volunteers. No one twisted their arms. This time the testing phases overlapped. 2nd, usually each phase beings with small groups particularly phases 2 and 3. The reason for that is simple: saving money. If the vaccines turns out to be less effective or harmful, the pharmaceutical company has lost less money. This time, the trials were subsidized so money wasn't an object. That way, a sufficient number of people were recruited to properly conduct the trials. An emergency authorization was given because it was an emergency. As the huge amount of data accumulated shows, it was the correct choice.

Really? We know that opposition to vaccinations and such is highly correlated with the the political opinions of voters. Yet, it's somehow the fault of governments?

Back when covid denialsm was the rule there. https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1052

Well, you're right. Sometime before you posted this I corrected my post to put it in the past tense. Tanzania no longer denies it but for a long while did.

As has been repeatedly pointed out, official govt statistic in less developed nations are very unreliable. So the absurdly low rate in Africa is what's called a statistical artefact. It does not accurately represent reality. Take Nigeria,the the countrie with the highest population in Africa, for example: https://covid19.healthdata.org/nigeria?view=cumulative-deaths&tab=trend The orange line is the official figure. The green line what the epidemiologists at IHME estimate. Not only that but most African nations have a very young population. Nigeria's median age is 18. So naturally they will have a much lower mortality rate. Some African nations, like Tanzania, actually denied that covid even existed there. Even after its president and chief denialist died from it.

How many times does it have to be explained to anti-vaxxers that gross numbers of vaccinated deaths vs. unvaccinated deaths mean nothing unless you know how many people are in each group? This is basic arithmetic. Does the word "denominator" mean anything to you? In fact in protecting against death and serious illness the vaccines are very successful. That doesn't mean they can't be made better.

Maybe because it was completed in the year 2019. Which means it must have been planned for well before that. But the price of solar and wind keeps plummeting faster than anticipated. By the way, coal provided power will increase a bit in 2022. You know why? Because the price of gas has shot up. "FPL, the largest energy company in the US as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, currently has  41 solar energy centers throughout the state, with nearly 3,000 megawatts of solar capacity. "

Electric Car Market Grows To 29% In Europe As EV Sales Explode! https://cleantechnica.com/2022/01/30/29-of-cars-sold-in-europe-were-plugin-electric-vehicles-in-december/

Does the amulet research establishment have detailed records comparing the survival rate of amulet wearers vs non-wearers? Do you understand that the vaccine researchers have detailed record that show that on a percentage basis the vaccinated fare far better than the unvaccinated?

cherry picking much?

Since the math seems to have overwhelmed your critical faculties here ya go... Florida Power & Light blows up its last coal plant, will replace with solar https://electrek.co/2021/06/17/florida-power-light-blows-up-its-last-coal-plant-will-replace-with-solar/ Georgia Power plans to double renewables, ditch all coal https://www.eenews.net/articles/georgia-power-to-double-renewables-exit-all-coal/ Renewables Are Fast Replacing Coal, Except in Rural America https://www.wsj.com/articles/renewables-are-fast-replacing-coal-except-in-rural-america-11628424000 Three U.S. utilities to skip the gas “bridge”, move straight from coal to renewables https://energypost.eu/three-u-s-utilities-to-skip-the-gas-bridge-move-straight-from-coal-to-renewables/

Thank you for sharing with us your fossilized thinking about fossil fuels. I got some news for you. If the year was 2014, you might have a point about the share of electricity that coal provies. But coal no longer provides 40% of us electric power. It's about 20% now. Had you actually read my post, you would have encountered that fact. As for subsidies, fossil fuels are also subsidized. Just because they are subsidized, does that mean that they are also inherently unprofitable? By your standard, the fossil fuel industry is also a failure. Subsidies for renewables began when renewables still were unprofitable to produce without subsidies. But those days are long gone. Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? Fossil fuels dominate the global power supply because until very recently electricity from fossil fuels was the cheapest. This has changed dramatically. In most places power from new renewables is now cheaper than new fossil fuels. https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades https://ourworldindata.org/battery-price-decline World's cheapest energy storage will be an iron-air battery, says Jeff Bezos-backed start-up Secretive US start-up Form Energy finally reveals the chemistry of its revolutionary long-duration battery — which it says will store energy at one tenth the cost of lithium-ion https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/worlds-cheapest-energy-storage-will-be-an-iron-air-battery-says-jeff-bezos-backed-start-up/2-1-1044174 Just like with fossil fuel extracting, the big problem with solar and wind power facilities is that they periodically have to move after they've mined all the wind and the solar energy from a site...oh wait a minute..

What do you mean by replaced? Do you think that the renewable plant has to be built on the site of a retired coal powered plant to count as replacing it? The coal plants are closing down. No new ones are being built. Their share of power production is collapsing, Most new power plants being built in in the us are renewable.

Making stuff up much? Coal power in the United States Coal power in the United States generates about 20% of the country's electricity.[2][3] It accounted for 39% of production at utility-scale facilities in 2014, 33% in 2015, 30.4% in 2016, 30.0% in 2017, 27.4% in 2018, 23.5% in 2019, and 19.3% in 2020.[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_power_in_the_United_States#:~:text=The average share of electricity,nominal 278 GW in 2000). Of the operating U.S. coal-fired power plants, 28% plan to retire by 2035 As of September 2021, developers have not reported plans to install any new utility-scale coal-fired power plants in the United States, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50658 Renewables made up 92% of new generating capacity in the U.S. in the first half of 2021 https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/renewables-made-up-92-of-new-generating-capacity-in-the-u-s-in-the-first-half-of-2021/#gref Clean Energy Is Canceling Gas Plants https://rmi.org/clean-energy-is-canceling-gas-plants/

False, as per usual Comparing comparable ICE & EV vehicles, EV's still come out ahead. Even in Australia which still has the filthiest average due to the high percentage of coal fired power plants. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/2021/10/23/electric-vehicles-are-not-zero-emissionsbut-they-are-much-greener-than-fossil-fuel-and-hydrogen/?sh=62379b91197d

Is that an absolute principle or does it depend on the virulence of the pathogen?

That is true. My error. Boosters weren't even a thing back then and vaccinations barely so. But it doesn't change the fact that there have been new studies since that IHME report was published and that the report specifically says that as new data comes in, the reports will be updated.

Right at the top of the chart there is this: You should note that the publication date for the IHME report is Jan 10, 2021. Studies since then show that boosters greatly increase the effectiveness of the vaccines.

actually, that interview took place on Aug 5, 2021 and wasn't about Omicron at all, but rather Delta.

Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? Fossil fuels dominate the global power supply because until very recently electricity from fossil fuels was the cheapest. This has changed dramatically. In most places power from new renewables is now cheaper than new fossil fuels. https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth Renewable energy has ‘another record year of growth’ says IEA It has been another record year for renewable energy, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and rising costs for raw materials around the world, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). About 290GW of new renewable energy generation capacity, mostly in the form of wind turbines and solar panels, has been installed around the world this year, beating the previous record last year. On current trends, renewable energy generating capacity will exceed that of fossil fuels and nuclear energy combined by 2026. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/01/renewable-energy-has-another-record-year-of-growth-says-iea The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades https://ourworldindata.org/battery-price-decline World's cheapest energy storage will be an iron-air battery, says Jeff Bezos-backed start-up Secretive US start-up Form Energy finally reveals the chemistry of its revolutionary long-duration battery — which it says will store energy at one tenth the cost of lithium-ion https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/worlds-cheapest-energy-storage-will-be-an-iron-air-battery-says-jeff-bezos-backed-start-up/2-1-1044174

Actually I didn't answer your lates questions with a question. I answered irrelevant trolling questions the way they deserved to be answered. As for my earlier questions they clearly pointed out the major flaw with your assertion. If you want it as a statement it's that chldhood used to be a very perilous time for children but thanks to vaccinations and hygiene it's a lot less so so. Children are actually naturally more vulnerable than adults are except for the aged.

That you apparently believe that "Why is the sky blue?"" and "Is God real?" are the same kind of question tells me all I need to know about your understanding of fact-based thinking.

If children have the strongest immune systems, why is it that child mortality used to be so high before the advent of modern hygiene and medicine? Why are so many vaccines given against diseases that used to be prevalent in childhood?

I'm assuming that CP in CP vac stands for Communist Party. So while that tells us where you're coming from, namely a place of irrelevance, it says nothing about the effectiveness of Sinovac or Sinopharm against serious illness and death in the case of Omicron.

The OP posted this: “Before a vaccine is ever given to people, FDA oversees extensive lab testing of the vaccine that can take several years to make sure it is safe and effective. After the lab, testing in people begins, and it can take several more years before the clinical studies are complete and the vaccine is licensed.” This is simply a untrue statement as far as this covid vaccine is concerned." It is not an "untrue statment." As has been noted earlier, the explanation said "can take several years' " not "must take several years." The reason that vaccines usually take years to test is basically an economic one. Testing is expensive. Companies aren't going to commit to large scale testing before getting some positive indications for the prospective vaccine. In this case, because testing was subsidized, the vaccine companies were able to institute large scale testing immediately. So instead of accumulating data over a longer time period, it was able to be done over a short extent of time."