How much do we know about the COVID-19 vaccines?

This appeared in The Millennial Source

TMS contacted multiple health experts who addressed the necessity for vaccination and what is known — and not known — about the COVID-19 vaccines.

After months of waiting and a year in which almost all aspects of life were disrupted by COVID-19, two vaccines are currently being distributed and administered in countries around the world. It will still be months before everyone who needs a vaccine can receive one, but as 2020 closes, it appears that an end to the pandemic is finally in sight.

Still, the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 and its vaccines, as well as genuine questions about the rapidly developed Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, have made some fearful of taking them. While some of these fears are based on debunked conspiracy theories, there are even those in the medical field who acknowledge that there are unknowns that remain around the latest vaccines.

TMS contacted multiple health experts who addressed the necessity for vaccination and what is known — and not known — about the COVID-19 vaccines.

The history of vaccines

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