The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 9, 2020 Pfizer Early Trial Data Suggests Coronavirus Vaccine Is 90% Effective --------------------------------------------------------------------- In medical news, the drugmaker Pfizer says early data from a large clinical trial shows a coronavirus vaccine cut symptomatic COVID-19 cases by more than 90% in volunteers who received the vaccine instead of a placebo. It's a promising sign that scores of vaccines currently under development will prove effective at battling the pandemic. .