The American FDA regulator approved the PFIZER and BIONTECH coronavirus vaccine for emergency use. This means launching a mass vaccination company in the United States, which will only be restrained by the physical presence of a vaccine and its difficult logistics.

Peter Marx

Head of the Center for Biological Research and Testing FDA

“Safety and efficiency data allowed us to authorize the PFIZER-BIONTECH vaccine from the Covid-19, based on the fact that its well-known and expected advantages are clearly superior to known and expected risks”

A new type of vaccine (based on matrix RNA) was created in a record short time: the development started in March, and already in October showed 95%efficiency following the results of the third phase of clinical tests.

Mass vaccination with Pfizer will be limited to developed countries, primarily the United States, but even there it will not be the only one. The reason is not only in deficiency and high cost ($ 39 for two doses), but also in the need for continuous low -temperature (minus 70 degrees) logistics chain. Until it is debugged even in the USA.

US President Donald Trump, calling the vaccine a “medical miracle”, announced that mass vaccination would begin a day after the approval of the FDA. What does this mean in a practical sense, Reuters tells . Based on the current moment, 2.9 million doses in the United States, the largest medical centers and cities, as well as five federal agencies, will be distributed in the current moment. The first will be vaccinated by medical workers and elderly people with chronic diseases, secondly, key workers and people over 65 years old.

By the end of the year, Pfizer should develop 50 million doses, half of which will receive the United States. By mid -2021, this country should be the first to provide access to one of the vaccines to all its 300 million citizens.

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