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168. Biden, Buprenorphine, COVID19 Vaccine 95% Effective?


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The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of Under the Act, physicians may apply for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid addiction or dependence outside of an opioid treatment program (OTP).

The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 was authored by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), and Senator Carl Levin (D-MI).

DATA 2000 waiver



Why would biden reverse this—it was one of the things I think we all agree upon is a good thing!!

I thought it must be the money – its always the money

But I found a few reasons reasons why

Confirmation bias--- Under the Act, physicians may apply for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid addiction or dependence outside of an opioid treatment program (OTP)
Money== Biden received $6.3m from pharma, compared to $1.6m for Trump,



Polack FP, Thomas SJ, Kitchin N, et al. Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2020;383:2603-15. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33301246


Randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Of either BNT162b2 (BioNTech/Pfizer), given intramuscularly in two 30-mcg doses 21 days apart (n = 21 720 received vaccine), or saline placebo (n = 21 728).

Bottom line:

“ A two-dose regimen of BNT162b2 conferred 95% protection against Covid-19 in persons 16 years of age or older.”


BUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!?!

Does it mean that if we inject everyone that only 5% of the population will get covid19?



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