Pfizer: Our Vaccine Likely Blocks COVID Variant

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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be effective against the contagious variant strain of the virus that was discovered in the United Kingdom, according to a study conducted by the two companies.

Posted on the pre-print server bioRxiv on Tuesday, the study says there’s “no biologically significant difference in neutralization activity” between lab tests on the variant and the original coronavirus strain.

“The ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 necessitates continuous monitoring of the significance of changes for maintained protection by currently authorized vaccines,” the authors wrote.

 

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Just give us the vaccine!! We are begging in Texas!!

Nope! A deaths cocktail!

Exactly!

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