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COVID-19 Story Tip: Namandje Bumpus, Ph.D.: What We Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine

02/09/2021

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Namandje Bumpus, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine

To see a video of Namandje Bumpus explaining what we know about the COVID-19 vaccine, click here.

As more and more people across the nation become eligible to receive the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, many are asking what do scientists actually know about these brand new products?

Namandje Bumpus, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, studies antiviral drugs and recounts what we know about the vaccines, what we don’t, what they’re made of and what to expect after getting the jab.

“Though the mRNA technology in these vaccines is relatively new in widespread use, these vaccines use ingredients we know really well,” says Bumpus.

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