Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine is '90% effective' in preventing the illness, company says

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Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine is '90% effective', company says

File photo. Image: Shutterstock File photo. Image: Shutterstock A VACCINE JOINTLY developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 trials, the companies has announced today, exceeding the expectations of experts.

“The first set of results from our Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial provides the initial evidence of our vaccine’s ability to prevent Covid-19,” Pfizer chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement. Across much of the globe, Covid-19 infections rates are soaring to record highs, with hospital intensive care units filling up and death tolls mounting as well.

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90% effective for investors to make moola 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

By the time a vaccine for this years covid comes, we’ll have a different all seasons flu. Or it will disappear just as fast it appeared( please God)

Trump goes and a vaccine pops in.alls well in the world again.

Effective at what?

I’ll let you go first 😀😀😀😀

Use the illegal immigrants in Direct Provision as guinea pigs to see if the vaccine has any side effects.

No thanks

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

but the virus is above 99% ineffective?

Perfect timing 🤔

Thanks Trump. This will be his legacy. Also the peace deals that are in full swing. No doubt Biden will try to fuck them up.

Make the journalists take it first 😂

Will we have a choice?

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