.telethonkids Director jcarapetis says the Novavax vaccine is an “additional weapon” which will deliver a 'strong immune response' against COVID-19.
Telethon Kids Institute Director Professor Jonathan Carapetis says the Novavax vaccine is an “additional weapon” which will deliver a "strong immune response" against COVID-19. “The AstraZeneca and the Pfizer vaccines both essentially deliver the gene that makes that spike protein and then our body makes the protein,” Professor Carapetis told Sky News.
“The Novavax is different in that it delivers the protein itself, and it's kind of packaged up in a way that gives a very strong immune response.” Professor Carapetis says the vaccine appears to have “some activity” against variants of the virus but reiterates the science is still out as to whether it is effective against recent variants to the virus.
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