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Pfizer's Covid pill 89 percent effective at keeping people out of hospital or dying, company says

Pfizer's Covid pill 89 percent effective at keeping people out of hospital or dying, company says Additional data on Pfizer's Covid oral antiviral pill suggests the pill is highly effective. The FDA has not yet scheduled a meeting of its advisory committee to reivew the pill.

COVID 19 INFECTION AFTER VACCINE POSSIBLE!!
BUT NOT TO WORRY!

Some people can test positive for COVID 19 after a vaccine. The reasons for that are:
- It takes a few days to a few weeks for the vaccine to work according to CDC.
- The two US authorized vaccines are highly effective ~94-95%, but they don’t provide total protection
- Vaccination prevents disease, but it’s still unclear if, or how much, the vaccine prevents all infection
- Vaccines don’t work retroactively, as some patients could have already contracted COVID 19 before vaccination.
- The new variant strains (e.g South African strain) seen now in US too, could provide less protection from the vaccines.

However, it is not a cause of worry because most experts agree that even if you do get infected the vaccine would prevent from severe infection and need for hospitalization.