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The Pfizer vaccine is approved in Australia. Watch out for these myths
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today provisionally approved Australia’s first COVID vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine, paving the way for its rollout to begin in mid-to-late February among high-risk groups.
Two doses will be required, at least three weeks apart. The vaccine can be given to people 16 years and older.
The Pfizer vaccine is based on mRNA technology, a way of giving the body the genetic instructions it needs to make the coronavirus spike protein. The idea is to prime your immune system to mount a protective immune response if you encounter the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
As this is the first mRNA vaccine to be approved for humans, some people have taken to social media to voice their concern. But you can strike these four…
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