[RERUN] What is the Covid vaccine pill?

<p><strong>What is the Covid vaccine pill? Thanks for asking!</strong></p><br><p>The United Kingdom has announced the approval of the molnupiravir-based Covid-19 tablet treatment developed by the American laboratory Merck. Summer 2021 has seen Covid-19 vaccine campaigns making steady progress around the world. As of the start of August, 15% of the global population had been fully vaccinated.</p><p>While health authorities in some countries are considering a third dose by injection, Oravax Medical, a subsidiary of Israeli pharmaceutical company Oramed, is hoping to produce a Covid-19 vaccine in pill form.</p><br><p><strong>A pill?! So you’d just swallow it like paracetamol then? How would the vaccine actually work? Is it really that revolutionary of a vaccine method?&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://podcasts.ba-ba-bam.com/do-you-really-know/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!</strong></a></p><br><p>To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.ba-ba-bam.com/do-you-really-know/202111150900-what-ikigai.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What is Ikigai?</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.ba-ba-bam.com/do-you-really-know/202111130900-what-ptsd.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What is PTSD?</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.ba-ba-bam.com/do-you-really-know/202111110900-who-are-abba.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Who are Abba?</a></p><br><p>A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>