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There was talk about intranasal vaccines against Covid in 2020 already. But there was a catch: they need to be tested really, really well. Anything that gets s
by inglor_cz 2y ago
There was talk about intranasal vaccines against Covid in 2020 already. But there was a catch: they need to be tested really, really well.
Anything that gets snorted into your nose has a pretty short path to the brain, with potentially "interesting" results (cocaine, Naegleria fowleri etc.). So you have to be extra sure that your intranasal medication is harmless.
As the article mentions, this particular vaccine has been developed for four years. That seems to be long enough to be sure. But I wouldn't be taking it back in 2021 or 2022.
- MostlyStable 2y agoSo given that this is an attenuated live virus vaccine, and the way that one gets covid and other viruses is often through the nose/mucous membranes in the nose, what would be the fear above and beyond getting a virus? I'm not advocating for not testing it obviously, I just don't quite see why we should have an especially high vigilance in this case.