“A great day for science and humanity” – Pfizer say their vaccine is “90% effective” – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

“A great day for science and humanity” – Pfizer say their vaccine is “90% effective”




In breaking world news today, Pfizer and BioNTech’s covid-19 claim that they’ve created a vaccine that’s 90% effective in preventing people from contracting coronavirus.

The company say that their results are much higher than expected after phase 3 shows results for 94 people in the trial. They’re going to have wait two months for a safety milestone which will be the third week of November.

They say that the normal flu vaccine is around 40 to 60% but that this new vaccine could be up to the measles vaccine which is 97% effective.

This story is developing.

Tell us your thoughts in the Facebook post and share this with your friends.

Share this story with a friend

Share this story

Tell us what you think on our Facebook page