KMBC: Doctors hopeful of COVID-19 vaccine following promising Pfizer trial

Pfizer announced early data shows its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective—welcome news for frontline care givers as coronavirus cases continue to rise.

KMBC spoke to Dr. Andrew Schlachter, a pulmonologist and critical care physician at Saint Luke's, about what still needs to happen before it's made available to the general public.

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