Pfizer and BioNTech now say final analysis of their vaccine shows it is 95% effective with no safety concerns. They plan to ask for FDA approval "within days".
Under President Trump's "Warp Speed" program you can expect that to happen very quickly and so the vaccine could be in the Midwest very soon.
"Efficacy was consistent across age, race and ethnicity demographics. The observed efficacy in adults over 65 years of age was over 94%," Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said in a joint statement.
"The rapid protection this vaccine provides — combined with its tolerability profile in all age groups studied so far — should help make this vaccine an important tool to address the current pandemic," said Dr. Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of BioNTech.
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