Mon. 11/09 - What To Know About the Pfizer Vaccine

<p><strong><em>Pfizer has good news about a potential COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s what you need to know. Meet the man who went viral over the weekend for interrupting a French newscaster. And high fashion scratch-and-sniff t-shirts; plus a brief history of the technology that enabled them.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>Gabi Insurance, <a href="http://gabi.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gabi.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1310613702476017666" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vaccine efficacy 101</a> (Natalie E. Dean, PhD, Twitter)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/20/11/bidens-plans-for-halting-the-unchecked-spread-of-covid-19-in-the-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Biden's Plans for Halting the Unchecked Spread of Covid-19 in the US</a> (Kottke)</li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/09/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-effective/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective in first analysis, company reports</a> (Washington Post)</li><li><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azeenghorayshi/coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-results" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pfizer Vaccine Is 90% Effective, Study Says</a> (Buzzfeed News)</li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/1325777648111464448" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Temper expectations re: vaccine</a> (James Ball, Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisobrien/2020/11/08/meet-meka-anyanetu-aka-omelette-du-fromage-man" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meet Meka Anyanetu, Aka 'Omelette Du Fromage' Man</a> (Forbes)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/style/scratch-and-sniff-Tshirt-lanvin.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What in the World Is a $590 Scratch-and-Sniff T-shirt Doing in 2020?</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://kottke.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer"