Talk:Nasal vaccine

GI = a U.S. soldier?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I.

Nasal vaccine wikipedia now says:

GI receives an intranasal mist of the flu vaccine at Guantanamo

Would it be correct and more clear to say?:

A U.S. soldier receives an intranasal mist of the flu vaccine at Guantanamo?

Wikipedia should be understandable for people who are not familiar with U.S. soldier terms.

--91.159.188.74 (talk) 15:54, 4 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Agreed, relies too much on regional data. I second "A U.S. soldier receives an intranasal mist of the flu vaccine at Guantanamo" DirectEnigma (talk) 02:30, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

"Alzheimers" listed as a disease prevented by nasal vaccine
Currently nasal vaccine wikipedia now says:

"Nasal vaccines can be delivered through nasal sprays to prevent respiratory infections and diseases like smallpox, Alzheimer’s, influenza, whooping cough, and COVID-19."

I propose to remove Alzheimer's, at least from the intro paragraph, it's currently being portrayed as though Alzheimer's is known to be preventable through a nasal vaccine, on the same level of the very effective smallpox, flu, and whooping cough vaccines.

In reality, vaccines on alzheimer's are still in clinical trials for effectiveness, and as far as I can tell, there's only been one nasal vaccine, and I can't find it on clinicaltrials.gov. Only articles about a small study done at Brigham and Women's University by Dr Howard Weiner Howard L. Weiner. Also, a lot of the clinical trials i found don't even call preventative treatment a vaccine -- more of a "drug" or "treatment".

If anything this should go in the "Current Research on Nasal Vaccines" section, but with way better sources, and maybe add a nasal vaccine section on the Alzheimer's page. Should not be among the likes of the biggest hitters of infections (and successful nasal vaccines) DirectEnigma (talk) 03:34, 2 August 2023 (UTC)