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Pfizer stated it's intention to delay release of findings until after the election. This is not a surprise.

This sounds untrue and inflammatory and needs a citation.

There is nothing inflammitory about it. It's perfectly reasonable that they did not want their findings distorted and politicized.

Do you have a source for this? I am curious if this is true.

Quick Google seems to indicate it's true.

>Pfizer said it will wait until after the US election to file its COVID-19 vaccine with the US regulator, as it awaits important safety data to become available.

https://pharmaphorum.com/news/pfizer-to-wait-until-after-ele...

Yes, but if you read the source [0], they will wait until after the US election, but not for reasons related to the US election. Just because they expect their results to arrive after the US elections.

It's like saying that I will wait to have a baby until after the holiday period. Factually correct, but that baby will arrive in January irregardless of the holiday period. The holiday period is for sure not the reason for the baby to arrive in January.

[0] https://www.pfizer.com/news/hot-topics/an_open_letter_from_p...

It's not. They didn't artificially delay the result because of the election. They just said that the data would come in after the election.

And rightfully so. Don't forget that Biden winning wasn't a sure thing - so it's not like they were waiting until Biden won to announce it. The CEO specifically mentioned in September that they refused R&D money from the US Government in order to protect themselves from being politicized. In that vein, it was the right thing that the announcement was made (intentionally or not) after the election was concluded to minimize this news being politicized.

Indeed. Not sure why everyone read an implied value judgement in my statement when there was none.

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