告别针头：鼻喷疫苗的新时代

Gentle nasal sprays are being tested as vaccines against COVID, the flu, RSV, and more. They may work better than shots in the arm BY STEPHANI SUTHERLAND ILLUSTRATION BY SAM FALCONER A LYSON VELASQUEZ HATES NEEDLES. She never liked getting shots as a kid, and her anxiety only grew as she got older. “It really ballooned in my teens and early 20s,” she says. “It became a full-blown pho- bia.” She would panic at the sight of a needle being brought into an exam room; more than once she passed out. Velas- quez says that she took an antianxiety medication before one appointment yet still ran around the room screaming inconsolably “like I was a small child; I was 22.” …