—Seeking the Grail Remember when the pandemic started and we were all, “OMG! Give us a vaccine!” and science was like, “OK, but it takes 15 years,” and everybody was like, “Nuh-uh, NOW! Just skip some steps!” and science was like, “Umm...?” Well, here we are! From a distance, it seems scientists take an almost masochistic pride in being uncertain about stuff any normal person would consider a lead-pipe cinch. The Pfizer Phase 3 trial had 43,000 subjects—how much more sure do you need to be? Let’s consider: Of those 43,000 people, half got a placebo. Of the 21,500 that...