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Ce vaccin n'a sauvé personne.

Ce vaccin n'a sauvé personne.
This vaccine saved nobody.
From Lesson 402:Addition and escalation (voire)·French

Questions & Answers about Ce vaccin n'a sauvé personne.

Why is personne placed at the very end, rather than between the auxiliary verb and the past participle like pas?
In the passé composé, most negative words (like pas, rien, or jamais) are placed between the auxiliary verb (here, a) and the past participle (sauvé). However, personne (nobody/anyone) is an exception and must always follow the past participle.
Why isn't there a pas in this negative sentence?
The word personne replaces pas. In French, you wrap the verb with ne ... personne to mean "not anyone" or "nobody". Adding pas would be redundant and grammatically incorrect.
Since this lesson covers voire (and even / if not), how could I use it to escalate this sentence to say it perhaps even made things worse?
You could add it to the end of the sentence to escalate the point, for example: Ce vaccin n'a sauvé personne, voire a aggravé la situation (This vaccine saved nobody, or even made the situation worse). It seamlessly introduces the stronger, more negative claim.
How would the word order change if I wanted to say "Nobody saved this vaccine"?
When "nobody" is the subject doing the action, personne moves to the front of the sentence, followed immediately by ne before the verb. It would become: Personne n'a sauvé ce vaccin.

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