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Johnson & Johnson submits single dose vaccine candidate to FDA for emergency use

The move by the pharmaceutical giant comes after it released data last week showing it was about 72% effective in the U.S. protecting against the virus. If approved it would be the third vaccine authorized in the U.S. following Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna which received authorization in December.

“Today’s submission for Emergency Use Authorization of our investigational single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is a pivotal step toward reducing the burden of disease for people globally and putting an end to the pandemic,” Johnson & Johnson chief scientific officer and vice-chairman Paul Stoffels, M.D., said in a statement Thursday.

Once authorized, the vaccine is "ready to begin shipping," stated Stoffels who added that the company in conjunction with health authorities around the world "are working with great urgency to make our investigational vaccine available to the public as quickly as possible.”

I'm not keen on these vaccines for emergency use but perhaps they might help other people that are afraid of