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90%+ effective is promising, but doesn't it depend on how long it lasts?

Do you go around maskless in crowds and touching everything as part of the test?

Thank you for being part of the solution. I think I heard those that got the placebo will be first in line for the real stuff?
That is what they told us when we entered the trial.

BTW, the reason the trials took longer than expected, for both Pfizer and Moderna, is because they were extremely effective. In both trials, they needed a certain number of people to become sick and then to compare the results of the Placebo to the Vaccine.

The "good" news was the resurgence of the virus this fall, which helped hasten the trials.
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