Covid-19 roundup: Sci­en­tists find long-last­ing re­sults from mR­NA vac­cines; As­traZeneca back on track for vac­cine de­liv­er­ies

While dis­cus­sions sur­round­ing Covid-19 vac­cines among lead­ers in the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal in­dus­try have re­volved around the near-cer­tain need for boost­ers, sci­en­tists re­port­ed that the Pfiz­er/BioN­Tech and Mod­er­na vac­cines may pro­tect against the virus for years.

The find­ings were pub­lished in Na­ture on Mon­day and add to the the­o­ry that those who have been im­mu­nized with mR­NA vac­cines might not need boost­ers, de­pend­ing on the sever­i­ty of the mu­ta­tions of the virus. The study didn’t ex­am­ine J&J’s vac­cine.

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