VACCINE Q&A: Five top doctors answer your COVID-19 questions

We know you have a ton of questions about COVID, vaccines and life after them. So we brought them to the experts to answer.

**MEET THE EXPERTS:**

- **Dr. Namandje Bumpus**, Director and professor, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at Johns Hopkins University
- **Dr. Linda Nabha**, Infectious Disease Expert with the University of Pittsburgh
- **Dr. William Schaffner,** Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University
- **Dr. Gigi Gronvall,** Immunologist and Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
- **Dr. Stephen Kissler**Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

[honsombody]

as far as I am concern, I am not experimenting with my life, no vaccine, I'll wait 4-5 years before I take one.

[Te-bjyk]

Why are the shots labeled as a vaccine when they do not provide any immunity from CV-19? Polio vaccine provided immunity to Polio.

[carolowens]

I’m intolerant of ethyl alcohol, as was my Mother. Although I can use hand sanitizer with alcohol, rub it vigorously into my hands with no problem, is it safe to get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine with small amount of ethanol IM?

[michelletorkelson]

This doesn't address most of the concerns that the vaccine-hesitant actually have.