Soaring today. Meg tirrell with details. The bar was very high for moderna after pfizers efficacy last week. Mad earn moderna met the 94 percent efficacy and will seek the fda emergency authorization in the coming weeks. We just talked to the doctor who has been leading the vaccine and Drug Development as part of operation warp speed about the significance of this moment, really seeing two vaccines in a row at this high level of efficacy heres what he said. Its an extraordinary outcome, frankly, to have two different vaccines tested in different conditions by two Different Companies developed independently yield very similar outcomes this gives a huge confidence into the data obtained and really suggests that the 90 percent and more efficacy is true and real. But of course, melissa, as were getting this extremely good news it comes at a time in the pandemic when weve never been seeing more daily cases, were seeing 140,000 a day on average right now. And were seeing more and more people
Through the tax and weekly radio show is called spectrum if you like and the information on the chrono larysa or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at dot com slash science. d around the world the race to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus continues apace. The World Health Organization is now tracking more than 170. 00 candid frank scenes in the preclinical state researches test at the vaccine triggers an immune response to animals in phase one testing the vaccine is given to a small group of people to see if its safe place to involves a somewhat Larger Research group to test dosages and in phase 3 the vaccine is given to thousands of people to make sure its effectiveness so far there are no successful candidates. Seems normally require years of tests. And time to build up Production Volume the w. H. O. Has said it doesnt expect widespread vaccinations against coronavirus until
A production volume. Said it doesnt expect widespread vaccinations against coronavirus until mid 2021 but even that is optimistic. Germanys tough Biotech Companies and clinics are rushing to come up with a vaccine to defeat the Novel Coronavirus some are already carrying out human testing after the lengthy approval process was speeded up the stakes are that high and so lets take a look at how the trials work. A little pinprick but it brings high hopes with it inside the syringe a vaccine from the cure of company its designed to imitate the corona virus in the body to provoke an immune response. About 200 people have volunteered to take part in the trial. So this way i can do my bit to help defeat the virus. 10 companies in germany are currently working to defeat the virus by developing vaccines. To are already testing their vaccines on humans in trials that generally consist of a number of phases. After discovery in the lab there preclinical tests then comes phase one which is mainly f
Takeover bid by xerox saying it meaningfully undervalues hp. The ceo of hp will join me later this morning. Coronavirus fears hitting the Corporate Outlook and strategy southwest, apple, kroger, campbells among the Many Companies that are weighing in today. Well start with the futures, though, sharply lower amid this roller coaster week for stocks and wall street which saw the dow swing a thousand points or higher two times in the last three days, jim. Maybe were in for a couple of months of chop here . I think thats exactly right, carl yesterday was a very solid based on oversold relief rally the existential issue of whether a socialist would head the ticket a lot of people feel was finished because of the victory, multiple victories in states obviously by Vice President biden. But now were stuck with looking at earnings again and all that happens when you come in is you look at the 10year and then look at earnings it isnt like every company david, are you wearing those for the show i
Claims every day and is now on pace to exceed 25,000 false claims before november 3rd. Mean while, the u. S. Labor Department Released the latest jobless claims which totaled 787,000 last week. The hard facts are simple. The economy is still recovering. According to gdp and jobs numbers the prepandemic economy was not as strong as the obama economy, something President Trump refuses to accept. We created the greatest economy in the history of our country and the other side you know thats not true. Its totally true. Joining me from nashville hal hal halle jackson. Lets begin with this debate. The debate will look much different than the first one. What can we expect to see in terms of how theyll enforce the rules in place . Reporter listen, ayman, thats a good question. The enforcement is on the commission itself. Were talking about the biggest change from the first debate which is the muting of the microphones. Its going to happen at the beginning of each segment. Each candidate will h