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Q&A on COVID-19 Vaccines

By Jessica McDonald

Posted on December 18, 2020 | Updated on April 1, 2021

Three COVID-19 vaccines are now authorized in the U.S. and more are likely to follow. In this story, we answer some common questions about the shots.

For more information about specific vaccines, we’ve created or will be creating individual pages for COVID-19 vaccines that are authorized or likely to be authorized.

The first vaccine that received the Food and Drug Administration’s green light was Pfizer/BioNTech’s two-dose mRNA vaccine, which was authorized via an emergency use authorization, or EUA, on Dec. 11. (For more, please see “A Guide to Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 Vaccine.”)

Close behind was Moderna’s vaccine, which also uses an mRNA platform and got the same nod on Dec. 18. A day earlier, the FDA advisory committee voted 20-0, with one abstention, that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh the risks for use in people 18 years of age and older. Moderna announced on Nov. 30 that its product had a 94% efficacy in preventing symptomatic disease in its phase 3 trial. (See “A Guide to Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine” for more.)

On Feb. 27, the one-shot vaccine from Janssen Biotech Inc., a Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical company, was authorized by the FDA. Unlike the first two vaccines authorized in the U.S., the J&J vaccine uses adenovirus viral vector technology. (See “A Guide to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine.”)

More - https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/qa-on-covid-19-vaccines/