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The vaccine ingredient lists are simple and straightforward, with no ingredients that are considered to be a significant threat to human health, and no aluminum, mercury, or human cells. The ingredient lists for both mRNA vaccines contain only three types of ingredients:

• the mRNA
• Lipids with very long names (these are basically fancy oils and they form the coating around the mRNA)
• Sugars, salts and / or simple chemical buffers

In the Pfizer vaccine, the third category includes potassium chloride, monobasic potassium phosphate, sodium chloride, dibasic sodium phosphate dihydrate, and sucrose. These may sound scientific, but you probably have three of them in your kitchen (sucrose is sugar, sodium chloride is salt, and potassium chloride is sodium-free salt). Here is the fact sheet for the Pfizer vaccinethat contains the list of ingredients.

The Moderna vaccine consists of different ingredients, but with the same formula. In addition to the mRNA and lipids, it contains tromethamine, tromethamine hydrochloride, acetic acid, sodium acetate and sucrose. Again, these are extremely common, simple ingredients in medicinal solutions. Tromethamine is just Tris buffer that you may have used in science class. Acetic acid is the acidic component of vinegar. Sucrose is sugar. Here is the information sheet for the Moderna vaccine.

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine contains the adenovirus with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, salts, ethanol (alcohol), a preservative called polysorbate-80, and a chemical called 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin, which make the vaccine components work properly mixed holds. Here is the fact sheet for that Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Even before COVID, there was a lot of misinformation about vaccines. Sometimes people heard that a certain ingredient was in some vaccines and concluded that it must be in all vaccines. Like mercury, which is found in very few vaccines. (It used to be more.) Let’s go over a couple of things that aren’t in the COVID vaccine:

• The COVID vaccines do not contain aluminum or mercury.
• The COVID vaccines do not contain any preservatives (except for polysorbate-80 in J&J).
• The COVID vaccines do not contain fetal cells.
• The COVID vaccines do not contain microchips.

There are no fetal cells in the COVID vaccines

Some vaccines are developed in cell lines grown in laboratories, and in some cases these cells are derived from cells originally grown from human fetal tissue. This has led to a myth that “pieces of aborted babies” are in vaccines, which is not true at all.

The Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines are not grown in fetal or other cells. Remember, they’re just an mRNA. Laboratory machines can synthesize these without the involvement of cells. Both Pfizer and Moderna used some fetal cell lines for some of the tests they did when developing the vaccine, but not for making the vaccine itself.

Although the Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a fetal cell line in its manufacture, there are no fetal cells in the vaccines themselves. Also, to be very clear, making the vaccine does not require the collection of new fetal cells. The cells are grown in the laboratory and come from an 18-week fetus that ended in 1985.

If this is a problem for you or your loved ones, it will be approved by the Pope Declaration by the American Bishops’ Conference can help understand how a vaccine tested on fetal cell lines fits into an anti-abortion religious framework. The bishops argue that the “distant link” of vaccine development with abortion should not undermine the fact that “safe vaccination against COVID-19 should be viewed as an act of love for our neighbor and part of our moral responsibility for the common good. ”(The same group recommends that Catholics choose the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines whenever possible.)

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Getting started with virtual reality is fun, but it can also be productive: I’ve found lately that it’s a pretty decent way to work out quickly. However, when I strap on a VR headset, I have to detach myself from my phone and miss all of the sparkling messages my friends send me – or at least. If you’re an Oculus Quest owner, you can now send all of your iPhone’s notifications straight to your virtual screen (and Android users will soon have the option too).

To get started, you’ll need to be running Oculus System Software v29. To check if it’s you, just put on your headset and visit Settings> Info in the main Oculus interface. Any available system updates should be visible once your Oculus headset checks for them. You can download it and install it directly.

(For what it’s worth, I don’t have version 29 on my device yet as Facebook is happy to bring out these updates. Patience is also a virtual virtue.)

Once you have this update, visit the “Notifications” Section of the Oculus Quest or Quest 2 the settings Menu. There you will see a new option to enable: “IPhone notifications in VR.”

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However, you are not quite done yet. You need to install those too The eye of the app Finally, log into your Oculus account and activate notifications via your iPhone profile pic in the upper left corner > Account Settings> Notifications. During your stay, scroll through the many options available to determine which Oculus notifications you want to receive in VR and which you want to keep on your iPhone.

After that, your notifications will appear while you are in virtual reality, and you can also view them from a new “Phone” section on your device’s normal notifications screen.

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Summer is almost here, and you know what that means: it’s time to turn off the boxing fans and wonder how on earth they’ve gotten dirtier since you last saw them. Hair, dirt, lint and all sorts of other things that are in the air build up on the fans over time – and if you don’t remove them, it all blows back on your face.

The good news is that most household fans are very easy to disassemble and clean, even if you’re not a great handyman. All you need is a Phillips screwdriver, a small bowl or bowl for the screws, two rags and some vinegar or detergent. An old toothbrush or small bottle brush can help you get into the nooks and crannies, but if you don’t have one, rags will do just fine.

You will be dealing with a lot of dust so I highly recommend cleaning your fans outside. (Seriously, stand on your stairs if you have to – it won’t take long.) Find the screws holding the screens in place, loosen them, and set the screens aside. Store the screws in a small bowl or bowl so they don’t roll off on you. Use a rag to wipe any dust and hair off the screens, blades, and other dirty-looking parts, shaking the excess in the breeze as you go. Once you’ve removed the solids, apply some vinegar to the other rag and attack what’s left. A few drops of washing-up liquid will dissolve the particularly stubborn grease. However, remove any soap residue thoroughly so it doesn’t attract more dust.

When everything has been scrubbed to your satisfaction, let the disassembled fan dry in the sun. If you don’t have an outdoor space to do this, dry everything off as best you can with a clean, dry towel. Now all you have to do is swap out the screens and screws and enjoy a fresh, clean breeze.

Depending on the type of trash in your home regularly, you may need to repeat this process once or twice during fan season – especially if it intersects with wildfires and forest fires DIY air purifier Season like here in Portland. But once you’ve seen how easy it is to clean a fan, you’ll never let your fan get hopelessly grody again.

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