Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
If you're uncomfortable with an mRNA vaccine for whatever reason, the Janssen/J&J single-dose vaccine should be approved in a week and a half. Given how it has no ultracold transport or storage requirements, I suspect you'll see it widespread in pharmacies, physician offices, employer vaccination drives and many other non-hospital/community settings.
The Adenovirus based vaccines seem like a safer bet. Who knows?
I'd be happy with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine; it's a genetically modified virus, but at least the delivery system is well understood and tested on a common genetic ancestor. More importantly, it's been used for other vaccines already.
The J&J is an [hmm...reads internet, doesn't understand, now opines] also an Adenovirus based vaccine. J&J's been working on this (the Adenovirus delivery, not Covid) for decades. They had an approved vaccine for Ebola before the Covid; one assumes the Ebola vaccine went through non-emergency, more standard double-blind tests.
Adeno for me, mRNA for thee? Would be nice to have a choice.