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> Also, some people are not antivax, they are afraid of new mRNA technology. then they can get the Janssen (aka Johnson & Johnson) vaccine which is not based o
by eigen 5y ago
> Also, some people are not antivax, they are afraid of new mRNA technology.
then they can get the Janssen (aka Johnson & Johnson) vaccine which is not based on mRNA but an Adenovirus vector.
- halfjoking 5y agoIt’s viral vector which isn’t a traditional vaccine. Viral vector has only been used before for Ebola. All US vaccines execute custom RNA code that was spliced from the real virus. Viral vector just gets that code in the cell by a different method.
- 015a 5y agoTheoretically, though its far-and-away the most media maligned vaccine, and many clinics have ceased carrying it (I specifically have close contact with a few pharmacists who run rural CVS pharmacies; they sent their entire stock of J&J back, and regional has stopped sending more. its all mRNA).