Covid Vaccine Ingredients

Red Says:
Wed, Jan 13 '21, 10:28 AM via mobile

Can someone tell me what is the ingredients in the COVID shot are?

Roy Says:
Wed, Jan 13 '21, 2:39 PM
The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine contains the following ingredients:

- messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)
- lipids (SM-102, polyethylene glycol [PEG] 2000 dimyristoyl glycerol [DMG], cholesterol, and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine [DSPC])
- tromethamine
- tromethamine hydrochloride
- acetic acid
- sodium acetate
- sucrose

Source: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine fact sheet (PDF from fda.gov)

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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine includes the following ingredients:

- mRNA
- lipids ((4-hydroxybutyl)azanediyl)bis(hexane-6,1-diyl)bis(2-hexyldecanoate), 2[(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide, 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, and cholesterol)
- potassium chloride
- monobasic potassium phosphate
- sodium chloride
- dibasic sodium phosphate dihydrate
- sucrose

Source: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine fact sheet (PDF from fda.gov)

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The Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine includes the following ingredients:

- recombinant
- replication-incompetent adenovirus type 26 expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
- citric acid
- monohydrate
- trisodium citrate dihydrate
- ethanol
- 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HBCD)
- polysorbate-80
- sodium chloride

Source: Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine EUA Fact Sheet (PDF from fda.gov)

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The AstraZeneca vaccine includes the following ingredients:

- ChAdOx1-S Recombinant
- Replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus vector encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein
- L-histidine
- L-histidine hydrochloride monohydrate
- magnesium chloride hexahydrate
- polysorbate 80
- ethanol
- sucrose
- sodium chloride
- disodium edetate dihydrate
- water for injections

Source: COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca UK (PDF from service.gov.uk)

Red Says:
Wed, Jan 13 '21, 2:52 PM via mobile
I want to know all the ingredients of COVID shot. There is a lot of meds I don’t want to take, I can get sick easily from a lot meds

Roy Says:
Wed, Jan 13 '21, 3:51 PM
Re: Red (# 2)

Ingredients are listed above. Do you know which one you're getting? Moderna or Pfizer?

Barb Says:
Sat, Feb 06 '21, 10:05 AM
Will Wal-Mart in Mt Dora be giving vaccinations. If so how can I register?

Phil D Says:
Wed, Mar 17 '21, 7:51 AM via mobile
Re: Red (# 2)

Lipids are fats or oils. Their inclusion in the formulation is as a coating to keep the mRNA stable. Even so low temperature storage is needed for stability.

As to the specific chemicals, this is complicated chemistry that cannot be easily explained to anyone without a background in chemistry. I'm a chemical engineer who studied a fair amount of chemistry but I am not an organic chemist and cannot tell you the what and why of all these components.

Lastly, I suggest you trust the vaccine scientists and not question the details of the chemistry.