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How effective is one dose of the vaccine?
The new vaccine regime is to delay the booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine for up to three months. But is the first dose 52% or 90% effective?
A lot has changed since More or Less was last on air. We give you a statistical picture of the second wave: how bad is it, and is there hope? The new vaccine regime is to delay the booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine for up to 3 months. But is the first dose 52% or 90% effective? A new virus variant is meant to be 70% more transmissible, what does that mean? Plus, one of our youngest loyal listeners has a question about her classmates names.
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