Excited to learn more: Following Pfizer, Moderna (which started testing in Seattle) says its vax appears 94.5% effective, even at preventing severe disease; & bc of surging cases, could have enough safety data in just over a week to apply for EUA #YayOhNo. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/16/covid-moderna-vaccine/
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine found to be nearly 95 percent effective in a preliminary analysis

The announcement puts the United States on track to have two strikingly effective coronavirus vaccines available in coming weeks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/16/covid-moderna-vaccine/
(As w Pfizer, the data isn’t publicly available yet; Fauci was one of 3 people briefed on the data, describing results from a test group in which 50% received the vax & 50% got placebo. Moderna’s spike protein for its mRNA coronavirus vax was co-dev’d w NIH.)
Really great writeup @Carolynyjohnson, thank you!
Really good thread for more info: @MoNscience https://twitter.com/monscience/status/1328324304203812865
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