Here's What Is (And Isn't) In The COVID Vaccines According To CDC

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The CDC has released the exact ingredients of what is (and isn't) in each of the COVID vaccines. They break down each of them, including Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson.

(See the ingredient breakdowns below)

According to the CDC's website:

None of the vaccines contain eggs, gelatin, latex, or preservatives. All COVID-19 vaccines arefree from metalssuch as iron, nickel, cobalt, lithium, rare earth alloys or any manufactured products such as microelectronics, electrodes, carbon nanotubes, or nanowire semiconductors.

Pfizer:

Covid-19 Vaccine

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  • Active ingredient:
    • Nucleoside-modified mRNA encoding the viral spike (S) glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2
  • Inactive:
    • 2[(polyethylene glycol (PEG))-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide
    • 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
    • Cholesterol
    • (4-hydroxybutyl)azanediyl)bis(hexane-6,1-diyl)bis(2-hexyldecanoate)
    • Sodium chloride
    • Monobasic potassium phosphate
    • Potassium chloride
    • Dibasic sodium phosphate dihydrate
    • Sucrose

Moderna:

Covid-19 Vaccine

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  • Active Ingredient:
    • Nucleoside-modified mRNA encoding the viral spike (S) glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2
  • Inactive Ingredients:
    • PEG2000-DMG: 1,2-dimyristoyl-rac-glycerol, methoxypolyethylene glycol
    • 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
    • Cholesterol
    • SM-102: heptadecan-9-yl 8-((2-hydroxyethyl) (6-oxo-6-(undecyloxy) hexyl) amino) octanoate
    • Tromethamine
    • Tromethamine hydrochloride
    • Acetic acid
    • Sodium acetate
    • Sucrose

Johnson & Johnson:

The government of US President Joe Biden begins.The one-dose vaccine against COVID-19Johnson & Johnson has been inoculated Mar2,2021 after the US Food and Drug Administration.Approved as an emergency

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  • Active Ingredient:
    • Recombinant, replication-incompetent Ad26 vector, encoding a stabilized variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) protein
  • Inactive Ingredients:
    • Polysorbate-80
    • 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin
    • Citric acid monohydrate
    • Trisodium citrate dihydrate
    • Sodium chloride
    • Ethanol

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