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In the article, they note “the exception is for any live-attenuated virus vaccines or replication-competent viral vector vaccines that come to market.” Currently, all of the vaccines are inactivated (not live-attenuated).

These recommendations apply to approved populations which currently do not include pediatric patients or patients who are pregnant.

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