Big Pharma (And Little Pharma?) Deserve A Lot Of Thanks -- June 2, 2021

California: One month ahead of the target date set by the Biden administration, California has now at least partially vaccinated 70% of its adult residents against COVID-19. Clearing that hurdle is a vital development as the state prepares to fully reopen later this month. The US as a whole is about 55%. Good for California. I'm impressed. 

Re-posting from yesterday:

Is the pandemic over? Not in countries "under-vaccinated." For countries reaching "herd immunity," it looks like the pandemic is over. The UK reported zero deaths from Covid-19. I assume that was in a 24-hour period. In the US, we should easily reach Biden's goal two weeks early.

Moderna becomes the second vaccine maker asking for full FDA approval. Pfizer/BioNTech applied for full approval on May 7, about a month ago.  

If this can be confirmed, this is quite remarkable, maybe one of the best vaccines out there: 

Moderna has been found to be more than 90% effective at protecting against Covid and more than 95% effective against severe disease up to six months after the second dose.

If you want to see how incredibly awesome the vaccines are, look at the data. This is an incredibly fun site and you can spend hours sorting and graphing the data; entirely interactive. Check out the US, the UK, and Israel. 

By the way, this would not have happened without Trump's policies for which he took a lot of heat, and interestingly, Biden did not change. 

If you need more proof, look at UK vehicular traffic last week -- 101% of pre-Covid. Not 101% during Covid but 101% pre-Covid.