The stunning toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is why there’s so much attention focused Thursday on a meeting of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration who will be considering the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
These experts will weigh the benefits and risks of clearing the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the U.S., which would make it the first available for immunization against the disease.
The key question: Is the vaccine safe and effective enough to give to millions of Americans?
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