Benjamin Netanyahu receives "special" COVID-19 vaccine

BATTLEFORWORLD.COM | December 19, 2020: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at the Sheba Medical Centre in Israel today. 

Something of interest that caught my eye was the vaccine preparation before injection. The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine that Netanyahu received is a version of the vaccine the company said in late November would not be available until 2022.

The folks at Pfizer has been brainstorming on how to distribute their liquid vaccine, because each shipment is required to maintain -70° C for up to 10 days unopened. And the vaccine special packaging with regular refills of dry ice, can maintain that temperature for up to 30 days.

Pfizer said, however, that it’s working on a more durable version of the vaccine that is “lyophilized,” or freeze-dried – in powdered form. This version of the vaccine, the company said, can be kept at normal refrigerator temperatures and may be ready by 2022. And that the updated form would have to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration after additional trials.

In the video footage showing Netanyahu, the form of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine he got was the lyophilized version, which needs saline to hydrate after which the solution is syringed for injection. Apparently Netanyahu was given preferential treatment where he was injected with a version of the vaccine Pfizer told the public is not yet available.

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