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Pneumonia Vaccine Campaign by Pfizer – Serious Questions? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #880 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #880 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alina Kurson Pfizer has recently launched (unleashed?) an aggressive campaign for its pneumonia vaccine PREVENAR13 (internationally PREVNAR13) for use in adults over 65 years of age. They have made emotionally charged advertisements in which their vaccine is being projected as the best gift for parents and grandparents. The emotion-soaked adverts make the audience feel guilty if they will not get their parents/grandparents vaccinated with Pfizer vaccine. You can use these links to see the ads on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

COVID19 Updates – Part 1 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #674 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #674 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Eric McLean Photo Credit: Sarah Chai This post is based on a July 28, 2022 article and the WHO living guidelines. The links appear at the end. Epidemic is when a disease is temporarily present in a locality, spreading from person to person, but restricted to the locality. Pandemic is when a disease is prevalent in a country, continent, or the whole world.  Endemic is when a disease is persisting in a population or region, generally having settled to a relatively constant rate of occurrence. COVID19 has entered the endemic stage in many countries, including Un...

Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #230. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of Pharma Community. Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . This is a special series of Blogs which describe my time and experiences during Hajj this year. The Preparations Hajj Directorate arranged two training programs in Lahore for the ‘Aazimeen e Hajj’. I understand similar programs were held all over the country. The first program was scheduled at Aiwan e Iqbal auditorium at 9.00am. Many participants arrived before time; some reached on time, and many arrived much later. Indeed, it was a comprehensive and informative program which covered the ‘Manasik e Hajj’ in detail. Hajj process, preparation, arrangements and other key elements ...