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Scientists create universal nasal spray vaccine that protects against COVID, flu, and pneumonia
(www.sciencedaily.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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Oddly enough, I have a strong feeling this will get marginally more support and a warmer reception than injectable vaccines.
Source: I've argued with dozens of people about vaccines in real life, and 90% of them were JUST scared of needles and injections and just built giant palaces of rationalization that consumed their whole lives to validate that fear. You know who doesn't give a shit about vaccines even if they're conservative? Diabetics who have to inject insulin every day.
It drove me nuts in the early days of the COVID vaccine and some study came out showing that a lot of the people against the vaccine were really just afraid of needles, but had a good chance to get their courage up if the news media would just stop plastering pictures of needles in every story about the vaccine. So, what did the news media do? They just kept right on throwing pictures of needles on every story.
This is an interesting notion I hadn't considered at all, you may be on to something there.