Ah?
Pfizer and Moderna are 95%/94% effective….
Hmmm?
I mean 72% is damn good….
But I like the 95% coverage better…..
Johnson & Johnson said Friday its COVID-19 vaccineis close to 66 percent effective overall — short of the other two approved inoculations currently on the market in the US.
The efficacy of the New Jersey-headquartered medical giant’s vaccine also varies by location — but was found to be 85 percent effective in preventing severe cases leading to hospitalization or death, medical publication Stat News reported.
“In a pandemic, if you can, with a single-dose vaccine, very quickly eliminate the severe consequences of death, hospitalization, and severe disease, that’s what’s important for society,” Paul Stoffels, Johnson & Johnson’s chief scientific officer, told Stat News.
After 28 days, the one-shot vaccine was found to be 72 percent effective in the US, 66 percent in Latin America and 57 percent in South Africa, the outlet reported.
The global study included 44,325 participants — 468 of which developed symptomatic cases of the bug….
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After 28 days, the one-shot vaccine was found to be 72 percent effective in the US, 66 percent in Latin America and 57 percent in South Africa, the outlet reported.
Update….
Johnson & Johnson applied for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its coronavirus vaccine after releasing data last week showing it was about 66% effective in protecting against the virus.
If J&J’s application is approved, it would be the third Covid-19 vaccine authorized for emergency use in the U.S. behind those developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Pfizer’s vaccine was authorized by the FDA on Dec. 11, and Moderna’s was authorized a week later.
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