A Simple Breakdown of the Ingredients in the COVID Vaccines [View all]

https://www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org/en/HealthU/2021/01/11/a-simple-breakdown-of-the-ingredients-in-the-covid-vaccines#.Y6sqdeROm_Y


Four COVID-19 vaccines have been granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since mid-December 2020. Prior to authorization by the FDA, these vaccines underwent the same rigorous safety and effectiveness standards as all other vaccines. Quickly, vaccine distribution began, starting with health care professionals on the frontlines of patient care. Once available to the broader public, it became critical that a high percentage of the population received the vaccine in order to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19. Herd immunity occurs when most of a population is immune to an infectious disease (either from previous infection and/or vaccination) and provides indirect protection to those who are not immune to the disease