Unlike its predecessors -- from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna -- the Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires only one shot and can be kept at normal refrigerator temperatures, making it easy to transport. "If people are offered the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, they shouldn't say, 'I don't want it,'" Dr. Paul Goepfert, director of the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic, said last month. Making a vaccine with cells descended from fetal tissueVaccine makers sometimes use fetal cell lines when developing a vaccine. What health experts are sayingMany health experts are encouraging those to whom the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is available to take it. They say the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is an effective vaccine that offers good protection against severe forms of Covid-19.

Source: The Nation March 03, 2021 19:09 UTC