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A critical care nurse in New York received the first approved COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and vaccinations are now taking place in hospitals and clinics across the country. For the first time, the focus is on preventing the disease instead of just treating it.
As frontline workers across the country lined up to get their first dose, Sandra Lindsay at Long Island Jewish Medical Center got her s just after 9 a.m. ET, making her among the first in the country to receive the authorized vaccine. I hope this marks the beginning of the end of this painful time in our history. We re in a pandemic, so we all need to do our parts, said Lindsay.
Moderna submits data to FDA showing vaccine can potentially prevent infection, not just severe disease
From CNN’s Nadia Kounang
Nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot on July 27 that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, New York. Hans Pennink/AP/File
Vaccine maker Moderna says its coronavirus shots don’t just prevent symptomatic disease, but can prevent infection in the first place.
The company has submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration with the extra claim – which would give it a leg up on rival Pfizer, which has been able to demonstrate only that its vaccine prevents symptomatic infection, including severe disease. It had not been clear from initial data if either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines prevented infection completely.
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