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[bullimiami]

1. encouraging, yes. but to say that "demonstrates that a vaccine for Covid is a real probability"

possibility, yes. probability, still too many unknowns.

[FBaggins]

2. No... it's "probability" at this point

Those were both very large stage 3 studies with tens of thousands of participants. The likelihood that there would be such diverse results between placebo and vaccine is virtually zero.

[LonePirate]

3. I am wondering if this vaccine is more like an MMR vaccine or a flu vaccine.

By that, I mean is this vaccine something you take once and you’re good for years/decades. Or is it like a flu vaccine which you need every year. I know the Pfizer vaccine requires two shots at different times but I am lumping that into the once and done category.

I fear that if this vaccine needs to be administered yearly, we’re never going back to the way things were as people will refuse a yearly vaccination or fail to obtain one, much like the typical flu strains every year, except COVID is far more contagious and lethal.

[question everything]

4. Does 94% effective means that 94% of the volunteers show the presence of antibodies?