THREAD: Encouraging late-stage trial results from @pfizer and @moderna_tx's vaccines đź’‰ will likely increase confidence that more shots will work and that the world may soon find a way to get #Covid19 under control

Here's how the two vaccines stack up:

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The results:

✔️ Moderna's vaccine was 94.5% effective, with short-lived side effects and no significant safety concerns
✔️ Pfizer and BioNTech's shot was found to be more than 90% effective
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🧬Both shots use messenger RNA

🧬 mRNA never been used before to develop an approved vaccine

🧬 The vaccines instruct cells to make copies of the spike protein of the coronavirus, stimulating the creation of protective antibodies

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The money:

🇺🇸 Moderna got $955 million from the U.S. Operation Warp Speed program.

🇩🇪 Pfizer said it didn’t receive any federal funding to develop its vaccine, though BioNTech got as much as $444 million in German government assistance

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❄️Pfizer’s vaccine must be stored ultra-cold until a few days before it is used, but can be kept at refrigerator temperatures for up to 5 days.

❄️Moderna said its vaccine is stable at refrigerator temperatures for 30 days
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Moderna has agreements to supply 100 million doses to the U.S. and 80 million to the European Union, among others.

🇬🇧 The U.K. said it's negotiating with the company but doses wouldn’t become available in the country until next spring https://trib.al/DhEf0go 
Moderna and Pfizer are expected to seek emergency-use authorization from @US_FDA
🗓️ Moderna said it could seek clearance from regulators in the coming weeks
🗓️ Pfizer could apply for an authorization in the U.S. this month

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