By Samuetta Hill Drew
As thousands of Americans, both within the designated COVID-19 vaccine categories and those yet not listed, anxiously await their two-dose vaccination, a third vaccine is on the horizon. This third vaccine is made by Johnson & Johnson is a single dose vaccine.
This single dose vaccine was made through a collaboration of J&J’s Janssen Pharmaceutical, its Belgium-based vaccine division, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. This single dose shot vaccine has shown to be 66 percent effective in preventing moderate and severe disease in a global Phase 3 trial, the company announced.
Many medical and scientific experts believe this single shot vaccine would be easier to administer. It would also mean more people could be vaccinated, because no vaccine would have to be set aside for a second vaccine shot. So far, this vaccine is the only one of its kind that only requires a one single vaccine shot. Like Moderna, it can also be kept at a regular refrigerated te
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