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Chasing Life

How Does Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 Vaccine Work?

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Dan Barouch is the director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and is helping develop Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to him about how this vaccine is different, and how soon it could reach Americans.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I think we need to basically let the data come out and then we should interpret it in the

0:06.9

most rigorous way possible.

0:09.2

But we all hope for the best for the benefit of the world.

0:14.4

Dr. Dan Baruch is the director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel

0:19.5

Deakinis Medical Center in Boston.

0:22.2

He's also helping develop Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine candidate.

0:27.6

This from its phase three clinical trials are expected soon, possibly even this week.

0:33.5

And if all goes well, the country could potentially have a third vaccine authorized for use in

0:39.3

a month or two.

0:41.1

This is terrific news.

0:43.0

Johnson and Johnson's vaccine is just a single dose and it doesn't have to be stored

0:48.6

at a freezing temperature.

0:50.6

It could be a game changer for its distribution, eliminating some of the supply chain issues

0:55.5

that Pfizer, Biontech and Moderna's vaccines have faced.

0:59.5

Floridians caught in the botched COVID-19 vaccine rollout have been writing angry emails

1:05.0

to local officials.

1:06.8

And now that he's in charge, Biden's not holding back, calling the vaccine rollout program

1:11.3

a dismal failure.

1:13.4

So where are we now?

1:15.4

Well, nearly 20 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been administered

1:20.0

in the United States.

1:21.8

That's far slower than was promised.

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