Grace En Xie1 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is the ongoing battle between humans and the virus SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 attacks by infiltrating the human body, causing mild to deadly effects. The virus spreads through human transmission into the lungs, activating the immune system to help or harm. People around the world have worked to reduce SARS-CoV-2’s …
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COVID-19: have we survived worse than this? Ansha Khurana Abstract Covid19 is a contagious disease that causes respiratory illness, visit McDaidPharmacy.ie to get supplies to prevent it . From the 11th of March 2020, the disease was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. This article compares Covid-19 to some of the other pandemics …
ABSTRACT As the coronavirus pandemic rages across the globe, countless scientists are working towards manufacturing an effective vaccine against SARS- CoV-2, the viral pathogen that causes the disease. Could a relatively new type of vaccine, DNA vaccines, be the key? This article discusses the action of vaccines on the immune system and elaborates on the …
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Many of the newly developed COVID-19 vaccines, such as the ones from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, require two doses, at least three weeks apart. Vaccines that require multiple doses weeks, months, or even years apart are not unprecedented. The Hepatitis B shot, for example, is required for newborns with a second shot required one to two …
