Ugur Sahin, one of the creators of a prospective COVID vaccine warned that ’this winter’ would be hard, and hence the vaccine might not have a big impact on the infection numbers. He said it is necessary to complete immunizations before next fall. Pfizer and BioNTech said their vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections among those without evidence of prior infection.
While they likely know more about viruses and infection, it still comes off so wrong when someone preaches action that would ultimately benefit them.