Five more months
The companies manufacturing the three approved COVID vaccines in the US expect to provide more than enough doses to vaccinate everybody in the US by the end of July. And by then, we may have a couple more approved COVID vaccines. There is a finish line, straight ahead.
Five more months to go. Nearly 50 million people have already received at least one dose, and you only need one dose plus 14 days to train your immune system to fight COVID.
Last night the FDA approved the J&J vaccine, which was tested as a one-dose vaccine. The J&J vaccine consists of neutered adenovirus particles that contain DNA coded to produce fake COVID "spikes". Adenoviruses are one of the virus families that we lump together in the "common cold" category. The adenovirus particles in the J&J vaccine are unable to replicate themselves, so they do not cause you to get sick, instead they invade your cells and have them produce proteins that mimic the spikes on the outside of COVID virus particles. This trains your immune system to fight the real thing.
We're still seeing an average of 2,000 deaths per day :-( But hospitalizations are steadily falling. We've been under Quarantine for almost a year, but we're most of the way done. Hang on for these five more months!
Five more months to go. Nearly 50 million people have already received at least one dose, and you only need one dose plus 14 days to train your immune system to fight COVID.
Last night the FDA approved the J&J vaccine, which was tested as a one-dose vaccine. The J&J vaccine consists of neutered adenovirus particles that contain DNA coded to produce fake COVID "spikes". Adenoviruses are one of the virus families that we lump together in the "common cold" category. The adenovirus particles in the J&J vaccine are unable to replicate themselves, so they do not cause you to get sick, instead they invade your cells and have them produce proteins that mimic the spikes on the outside of COVID virus particles. This trains your immune system to fight the real thing.
We're still seeing an average of 2,000 deaths per day :-( But hospitalizations are steadily falling. We've been under Quarantine for almost a year, but we're most of the way done. Hang on for these five more months!