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Pfizer and BioNTech share the development costs equally, BioNTech also have a similar partnership with Fosun Pharma in China. They actually got financial grant of almost 400 million Euro from German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, but you don't hear them gloating about it. Nice to see the US government trying to claim it as their own achievement though

No wonder these latest vaccine news gave everyone a boner...

Full clinical protocol of the trials for those interested: https://pfe-pfizercom-d8-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/2020-11/C4591001_Clinical_Protocol_Nov2020.pdf

That sounds...frustrating Welcome back

There's plenty in the works, and quite a few others in Phase 3 already too! I mostly use these two sites for tracking the progress: https://covid19.trackvaccines.org/vaccines/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html

Pfizer and BioNTech, which is a German company in Mainz, and they already agreed on supplying 300 million doses with European Comission Best news in a long time, those interim results look much better than expected!

Rocket launches are always amazing... Love watching it live, and spaceflight photography is also breathtaking. Certainly a fascinating job to have... Really excited about and looking forward to the first 15km test flight of the Starship SN8 prototype next week. A huge difference compared to the previous 150m hops. This is the first Starship prototype that will test the launch, return, and landing capability ahead of the push to orbit next year. Such an aesthetically pleasing design. Hope the test flight is a success. https://twitter.com/cnunezimages/status/1324509498678087680?s=20

Looks unreal... Also, for the bolded part... are we having a new "Egypt is not Africa" moment here?

What can I say, the lockdown took its toll on me...

Similar to outbreaks in the Netherlands and Spain mink farms earlier this year. Hopefully, this will at least kill off the whole fur trade industry completely.

Atomic ass lube

It's bizarre and completely crazy, judging by the descriptions and youtube gameplay videos

WTF is this? https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085750/Sex_with_Stalin/

It does sound extremely like Dr. Strangelove The current reality is truly stranger than fiction.

Any relation to this guy, by any chance?...

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Finished this a while ago. Not one of my favourite Heinlein's novels, but still a pretty decent read... Moving next to this one: Only 130 pages, so will not take long... Also subscribed to Audible recently, love it. Currently listening to this:

Whoa... Have you watched Coco? If not, WATCH iT!

I usually get beef or seafood...

We slow-cooked lamb shanks for Easter once, but my contribution to that was watching someone who's a professional cook do it, so I'm not much of a help there

I barely ever do roasts, to he honest, but when I do, it's usually duck. And yes, roast potatoes that are crispy on the outside and soft inside majestic. I love Chinese pancakes with duck too. My problem is, I get full too fast, meaning that more than one course dinners are not really an option for me so it's either pancakes or something else that I can reheat the next day

Just be aware that you might need to order it at least 24 hours in advance... Absolutely worth it though.

Like, never? I like duck a lot, it tastes more like red meat (steak!) than poultry, but it can be a bit too fatty sometimes - not the meat itself, but there's a rather thick layer of fat right under the skin, so it can be quite challenging to make sure it's crispy yet not overcooked... That said, duck fat is also amazing. I usually save it after roasting the duck and use it later for stuff like fried potatoes... tastes like heaven. If you have a good Chinese restaurant near you, I'd highly recommend trying Peking duck. It's too hard to pull off at home, but when it's done properly, it's nothing short of amazing.