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Experts say lower vaccine efficacy shouldn’t be deterrent – Global News
Experts stress that when it comes to preventing COVID hospitalization or death, data from trials showed all four vaccines were perfect.
Health experts are concerned the general public may be focusing on the wrong figures when analyzing the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
And they worry that will lead to unnecessary hesitancy at a time when Canada’s inoculation rollout needs to ramp up.
The recently approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and the shot by Johnson & Johnson that could be next in line for authorization, showed 62 and 72 per cent efficacy in preventing COVID-19 infections in their respective clinical trials.
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