I got the J&J...cuz it’s an ordinary flu vaccine.
I got the J&J...cuz it’s an ordinary flu vaccine.
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I don’t think that is correct. Novavax (not out yet) is supposed to be like the usual flu vaccines, or so they say.
Check out the link:
https://whyy.org/articles/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-johnson-johnson-vaccine/
The vaccine, produced by Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutical Cos. unit, is created using similar, but slightly different technology than is used in making the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Those two use messenger RNA to direct the body to make the virus’ spike protein. Moderna and Pfizer’s vaccines enclose their mRNA in lipid nanoparticles, for which manufacturing facilities have had trouble ramping up production, contributing to bogged-down supply chain issues.
Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine also delivers the body a recipe for creating the spike protein, but it uses DNA instead of RNA. That DNA is encapsulated in an inactivated adenovirus — the virus that causes the common cold — that cannot replicate in the body.
Once the cells create the spike protein found on the coronavirus, the immune system responds, conferring protection if the person is exposed to the real virus.
Me too. I didn’t need it. I tested positive for antibodies already from having had covid. But I felt forced socially and to attend events. So I went for the JJ.
Sorry, no, it's not.
AZ and J&J are designed to inject new DNA strands into the nucleus of a cell which will encode the mRNA, which leaves the nucleus into the ribosomes to produce the spike proteins. This cycle will continue until the cell dies as the DNA remains in the nucleus to continue encoding more and more mRNA. This differs from Moderna and Pfizer as they send mRNA directly into the cell to make the spike proteins, which then dissipates/dissolves after its instructions are completed with no additional mRNA to be encoded as no DNA is put into the cell to keep encoding it.