Tagged: mRNA vaccine

Vaccines, viruses, & mRNA - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Dec 13, 2020 •

• COVID-19,
• mRNA vaccine,
• Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine,
• science and society,
• vaccination

Today I was told that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (now approved for use in the US, UK, & Canada) is a virus (screencap at the bottom of this thread). It really isn’t, but I’ve seen this one several times & so I think it’s worth unpacking a little further. (You can also read about mRNA vaccines here, here, & … Read More

30% of New Zealanders are ‘vaccine sceptics’, so trust is key to COVID-19 vaccine roll-out - COVID-19

Guest Author • Dec 11, 2020 •

• COVID-19,
• mRNA vaccine,
• Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine,
• Vaccination Rates,
• vaccine hesitancy

Claire Breen, University of Waikato The emergency approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the UK and the imminent roll-out of several other vaccines in 2021 raises serious questions about New Zealand’s likely uptake of this vital public health response. Recent research into New Zealanders’ attitudes to vaccination suggest positions have become more polarised over the last decade, … Read More