Coronavirus Vaccine Efficacy Rate Set At 50% Because That’s What US FDA ‘Could Tolerate’
Executive Summary
CBER Director Marks explains that too high a bar might result natural herd immunity before vaccine trials could be completed, while too low a threshold could result in approval of products with limited efficacy.
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