The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 90% effective at stopping infection in the real world too

The CDC director warned the US could face "impending doom" 

Sponsored by Quantic The Download Your daily dose of what's up in emerging technology Race against time 03.30.21 Good morning! Today: a real-world study found the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 90% effective, but the director of the CDC warns the US could face "impending doom" amid a rise in cases. Get your friends to sign up here to get The Download every day. The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are 90% effective at stopping infection in the real world too   A real-world study by the CDC backs up the clinical trial data from both the mRNA vaccines—although the rise of the UK variant in the US is a cloud on the horizon. The news: A “real-world” study of 3,950 people in six states found that two doses of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna’s vaccines cut the risk of infection by 90%. The findings are broadly in line with the 95% and 94% efficacy that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines showed, respectively, in their clinical trials. The details: The study recruited essential workers and followed them from December 2020 to March 2021, requiring them to take weekly tests. Almost 75% of the group received at least one dose of one of the mRNA vaccines. Among the cohort that received both doses, vaccine effectiveness was 90%. For the group that had received just one dose, effectiveness was 80% after two weeks. Solid findings: This new study provides yet more promising data on the positive effect vaccines are starting to have on the pandemic. Israel, which has vaccinated more than half its population, recently reported that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine had 94% efficacy against infection and 92% against severe disease. A worrying catch: Cases are on the rise again in several US states, despite the rapidly accelerating vaccine program (72% of Americans 65 and older have now been vaccinated). The increase is most likely thanks to the effect of the more transmissible UK variant. Read the full story. 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Sign up now, applications close soon. The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The CDC director warned the US could face "impending doom" As cases start to rise again, it's a race between vaccinations and variants. (BBC)   + Millions of Americans remain vulnerable. (Axios)   + Biden is asking states to keep mask mandates and pause reopenings. (The Hill)   + Scientists say we'll need new covid-19 vaccines within a year. (The Guardian)   + We can't rely on herd immunity to save us—but that doesn't mean all is lost. (WSJ $)   + What's needed to vaccinate the world. (Nature)   + How to convince the vaccine hesitant. (Stat)  2 The WHO has released its conclusions on covid-19's origins It says the virus probably went from bats to humans through another animal, but leaves many questions unanswered. (WSJ $)   + We still don't know which animal gave people covid-19. (TR)  3 The Biden administration wants to vastly expand offshore wind power  It's going to hurry along permits and funding for projects along the East Coast. (WP $)   + Clean energy is going to be the centerpiece of Biden's climate change plans. (NYT $)  4 The Big Ship has gone 👋🚢 Gone, but not forgotten. Sorry, I'm going to need a minute. (Vox)   + It's been fun for most of us—but not people with naviphobia. (The Guardian)  5 Amazon's unionization vote could take a week or more to resolve Longer if it's challenged. (WP $)   + Amazon has become the ultimate symbol of American inequality. (The Verge)   + Warehouse organizers say they've faced a year of retaliations. (NBC)   + Fake Amazon employees are helping it on Twitter. (Geekwire)   6 This AI generates text—and it's open for all to use Eleuther is an open source effort to match GPT-3. (Wired $)   + GPT-3 is now spitting out billions of words every day. (The Verge)  7 SolarWinds hackers reportedly got access to top DHS officials' emails It's crazy how long this went on for. (AP)   8 A mysterious user is editing global maps in China's favor Many of us rely on open source maps, but they're vulnerable to manipulation. (Rest of World)   9 The problem with therapy apps 📱 They paper over a deep-rooted problem: there simply aren't enough psychologists to meet demand. (The Cut)   10 Why the US nuclear agency's Twitter account went haywire on Sunday  Was it the Russians?! No, it was a small child. (Daily Dot) Join MIT Technology Review and Harvard Business Review virtually at EmTech Next. Discover the technologies propelling organizational growth, the impact of AI and automation, the urgency to upskill the workforce, and more. Register today. Quote of the Day “There was no history of my ever purchasing it, or ever owning it. Now there’s nothing. My money’s gone.” —Tom Kuennen, a property manager from Ontario, tells Vice he's learned the hard way that buying an NFT often really only buys you a link to a URL (and URLs break all the time).  Top image credit: MARC A HERMANN | MTA Please send good ceilings to hi@technologyreview.com. Follow me on Twitter at @charlottejee. Thanks for reading! —Charlotte Was this newsletter forwarded to you, and you'd like to see more? Sign up today Don't settle for half the story. Subscribe to MIT Technology Review for paywall-free access to our journalism. Subscribe now   Follow us: MIT Technology Review One Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142

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