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mRNA Vaccines: The Solution To the Return to Normal Written by Chinasa Emeribe Designed by Amara Okafor
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he COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most impactful pandemics in modern history. The virus, SARS-CoV-2, was highly contagious Over the course of two years, the CDC reported that up to 80 million Americans were infected, with 978,254 people passing away from COVIDrelated deaths. American life changed drastically overnight, with the population entering heavy lockdown periods. With the arrival of a newer, albeit not completely new type of vaccine, messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, America was finally able to begin administering vaccines.
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