It may be the vaccine of the future, a nasal spray that would entirely prevent COVID-19 infections by delivering a boost of immunity right where the virus enters.
They added it may put an end to this merry-go-round many have been riding the past two years, which seems to speed up every time a new variant pops up.
Our current vaccines give us strong protection from ending up in the hospital or dying from COVID-19. But not necessarily from catching it.“There's been some really great research now using animal models where we see that if we give the spike protein from coronavirus as a spray into the nose, that provides really really strong protection from infections," she said.They’re trying to develop a long-lasting intranasal vaccine you could administer yourself.
Experts said that even a successful nasal vaccine probably wouldn’t be our last protection from COVID. That’s because of waning immunity and variants. So, it would likely be repeated just like any other booster shot.
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