Of the 11.4 million doses distributed here in the States, only 2.1 million first doses have so far been administered, says the CDC’s website.
Slow and steady may win the race, but we need to make haste. Many lives are at stake.
Here’s an infographic explaining how the RNA-based vaccines work (in German, sorry. English translation notes below it).
2 A section of DNA is the blueprint for the protein in the virus shell
3 The RNA segment can be produced and replicated in the laboratory
4 Vaccine
5 Vaccination: the vaccine is injected into the muscle
6 ‘Protein factories’ (ribosomes) in the human cells produce the protein found on the virus shell
7 The human immune system reacts against the protein ..
8 .. and produces antibodies
To become sick from Covid-19, a person would have to be infected with the complete virus. The protein from the virus shell will not make one sick.
9 Infection: If a person is infected with the Sars-CoV2 coronavirus ..
10 .. the antibodies will bond with the protein on the virus shell and that is how the immune system will fight off the virus.