Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the head of the White House's coronavirus vaccine effort, said he hopes that the high efficacy rates of the vaccine candidates will encourage those who may we have concerns about vaccines to get one. "I think people have misunderstood the level of efficacy that the FDA aimed for, which was to say, at least 50% efficacy. Maybe people thought that was the efficacy of the vaccine," he told CNN this morning. He added that it's "very unfortunate" that the vaccine development process has become political. He added that the vaccines are safe for Americans.

Source: CNN November 22, 2020 14:15 UTC