More people would get vaccinated by full FDA clearance 3:33
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The process to apply the covid-19 vaccine will be the priority issue in the world in the coming years as countries try to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
What is the best or most effective covid-19 vaccine?
The Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6% effective in preventing symptomatic covid-19 and 100% effective in preventing severe coronavirus disease, according to an interim analysis of data from the phase 3 trial, published in the medical journal The Lancet.
Several countries in Latin America will receive the Russian vaccine.
The high effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine, which received criticism in 2020 because it was approved and rapidly deployed, is close to the most successful ones such as that of Pfizer / BioNTech that reports 95% effectiveness in preventing symptomatic infections, and the vaccine of Modern, which is 94% effective in preventing symptomatic infections.
On the other end of the spectrum is the Sinovac vaccine, which is just 49.62% effective on average, and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is 66% effective.
Right-wing media promoted ivermectin, an antiparasitic drug, to treat COVID-19.
FDA says it's not safe for humans
In late August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
granted full approval to the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 for people 16 years of age and older.
This is the first COVID-19 vaccine approved by the FDA and is expected to open the door to more vaccination orders.
Full approval of covid-19 vaccines comes days after the Biden administration announced plans to offer booster doses to vaccinated adults beginning Sept. 20, pending FDA approval and recommendation. from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Meanwhile, some companies and laboratories continue to test, and others are already distributing their vaccine against covid-19.
Here's what we know about the effectiveness of 8 of them, developed by Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Novavax, Sputnik V, Sinopharm, and Sinovac.
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