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J&J’s shot uses a cold virus like a Trojan horse to carry the spike gene into the body, where cells make harmless copies of the protein to prime the immune system in case the real virus comes along.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S SINGLE-DOSE COVID-19 VACCINE IS 66% EFFECTIVE, LAGGING RIVALSRACHEL SCHALLOMJANUARY 29, 2021FORTUNE

That’s likely also the case with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which employs a harmless type of cold virus, to which a section of coronavirus is added.

WE COULD KNOW SOON WHETHER VACCINES WORK AGAINST A SCARY NEW CORONAVIRUS VARIANTANTONIO REGALADOJANUARY 23, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW

Had it been five degrees lower, it would have been dry and relatively harmless.

HOW A SURPRISE SNOWSTORM ALMOST SPOILED KENNEDY’S INAUGURATION 60 YEARS AGOKEVIN AMBROSE, JASON SAMENOWJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Jenner’s great advance was to use a related but relatively harmless virus.

MRNA TECHNOLOGY GAVE US THE FIRST COVID-19 VACCINES. IT COULD ALSO UPEND THE DRUG INDUSTRYWALTER ISAACSONJANUARY 11, 2021TIME

Delete old appsIt may seem harmless to leave old apps kicking around on your phone or computer, but there are some downsides.

START 2021 BY FIXING YOUR ONLINE PRIVACYSTAN HORACZEKDECEMBER 29, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

The Maryland company grows harmless copies of the coronavirus spike protein in the laboratory and mixes in an immune-boosting chemical.

NOVAVAX’S COVID VACCINE CANDIDATE IS THE FIFTH TO REACH FINAL-STAGE TESTING IN THE U.S.RACHEL SCHALLOMDECEMBER 29, 2020FORTUNE

These antibodies are the immune system proteins that bind to viruses and render them harmless.

YES, PEOPLE WHO’VE HAD COVID-19 CAN STILL BENEFIT FROM THE VACCINEBRIAN RESNICKDECEMBER 18, 2020VOX

In particular, these papers show these second-order properties—which can be either neutral or harmless to the organism, or potentially advantageous—at work in proteins.

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Bots will always represent a part of your traffic but not all bots are harmless to the site’s security.

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On its own, without the rest of the virus, the spike is pretty harmless.

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