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April 27, 2021

What about vaccines being used in developing countries?

Vaccines
Sandra Albrecht Ph.D. MPH
Sandra Albrecht, PhD MPH

Q: Could you explain more about the vaccines being used in developing countries? Are these countries getting inferior vaccines? A. For a long time, very little was known about many of the vaccines in wide use outside the U.S., especially the ones from China like CoronaVac, Sinopharm, and CanSino, and the vaccine from Russia, Sputnik Read more…

April 27, 2021

If the most vulnerable are now protected due to the vaccine, why can’t we go back to normal life?

Infection and Spread Vaccines
Jennifer Beam Dowd Ph.D.
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD

A: We SO feel the yearning behind this question. The sacrifices made, especially by young people, are heart-breaking and real. Please hang in there–we are SO close to getting through the last mile AND the last inch of this pandemic. But we’re not there yet. In the US and the UK, vaccines have rolled out Read more…

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