Coronapod: Is mixing COVID vaccines a good idea?
Nature Podcast
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4.5 • 893 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The science behind how and when to give vaccines doses.
As vaccines are rolled out, massive logistical challenges are leading scientists and policymakers to consider alternative dosing strategies.
But what does the science say? In this week’s episode of Coronapod, we discuss mixing and matching vaccines and lengthening the time between doses. Approaches like these could ease logistical concerns, but we ask what's known about their impact on vaccine efficacy – what is the science behind the decisions, and could they actually boost immune responses?
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| 1:17.8 | Welcome to CoronaPod. |
| 1:24.5 | In this show, we're going to bring you nature's take on the latest COVID-19 developments. |
| 1:29.6 | And we'll be speaking to experts around the world about research during the pandemic. |
| 1:36.9 | We're entering a new era now. We have new COVID strategies. There's some new unknowns, |
| 1:38.1 | and we've got a vaccine. |
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