COVID-19 Vaccines Explained

Paul Thomas, PhD, faculty member at the Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, explains how COVID-19 vaccines work.

[wifi-YT]

At 4:34, you said the J&J and AstraZeneca viral vector vaccines deliver “a piece of RNA” encoding the spike protein, but my understanding is they deliver DNA (not RNA) encoding the spike protein, and once that DNA gets inside the nucleus of the person’s cells, the DNA is converted into the corresponding mRNA (encoding the spike protein).

[coletrain]

You said JNJ and AstraZeneca carries RNA, is that true? Didn't think that was the case.