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8. AstraZeneca & J&J use adenovirus-vetored vaccine within which a portion of COVID spike protein

Tue Aug 31, 2021, 03:53 PM

Aug 2021

DNA (antigen) has been inserted. The adenovirus is a common cold virus rendered harmless, so yes it is a hybrid method.

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Are there any traditional (attenuated) COVID vaccines in the works? What is their status? [View all] democrattotheend Aug 2021 OP

Codagenix dalton99a Aug 2021 #1

Oh yeah, I think I saw that one democrattotheend Aug 2021 #2

AstraZeneca WHITT Aug 2021 #4

I thought J&J was also made this way and requires only normal Merlot Aug 2021 #5

I asked them about that democrattotheend Aug 2021 #7

Sinovac and Sinopharm, but I doubt they're going to apply for US clearance muriel_volestrangler Aug 2021 #9