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What would be the reason to disclose the details publicly? You can't do anything with the information right now; the vaccine isn't available to you.

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I'd say for transparency reasons. I tend to prefer disclosing information when they are certain to not to unnecessary give false hopes or panic.

The illusion of control. It is the same reason people doomscroll on twitter hoping more information will somehow how change the result. Our brains, all human brains, are not rational but instead are their own thing.

Vaccine progress is of enormous practical consequence. Effective reporting of material information can move markets, and that means it's useful for efficient capital allocation.

Of course, there's diminishing returns and problems with many kinds of noise, and AstraZenica isn't strongly interested in marginal efficiencies in the broader market.

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