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Quiroz discusses new updates on the vaccine.
Months ago, in the midst of a global quarantine, a COVID-19 vaccine seemed far from achievable but now with the vaccination process, we step closer toward a complete return to traditional life. A traditional vaccine process lasts 10 to 15 years, however, the COVID vaccine’s process took less than a year

The companies that produced a vaccine accessible to the public include Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna. On one hand, the vaccines represent a solution to an exhausting pandemic but they also pose a level of uncertainty to those who do not understand the vaccine or have fallen for social media conspiracies. Instead of focusing on the negatives, people should focus on how each vaccine is produced and what the differences are. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines use the mRNA method for their vaccines while J&J employed the same method as the Ebola vaccine and they each have different levels of efficiency. While Moderna and Pfizer both need a second dose which ranges between three to six weeks and four to six weeks respectively, J&J only requires one dose which significantly decreases its effectiveness.
