茄汁是一种不太友善的酱汁。以下是你把茄汁从雪柜取出后发生的连环不幸事件：你尝试倒出茄汁但不果，然后多次猛力拍打瓶底，但茄汁依然无动于衷，只好苦等一会后再来一次 — 啊 —！这次茄汁一下子从瓶里射出，而你根本用不著那么多茄汁。茄汁是用途广泛的调味料，适合配搭不同食物，因此以上情境也许是茄汁爱好者习以为常的经验。但为甚么这样的事情会一再发生呢？为甚么只有茄汁会出现以上的情况？…..

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茄汁是一種不太友善的醬汁。以下是你把茄汁從雪櫃取出後發生的連環不幸事件：你嘗試倒出茄汁但不果，然後多次猛力拍打瓶底，但茄汁依然無動於衷，只好苦等一會後再來一次 — 啊 —！這次茄汁一下子從瓶裡射出，而你根本用不著那麼多茄汁。茄汁是用途廣泛的調味料，適合配搭不同食物，因此以上情境也許是茄汁愛好者習以為常的經驗。但為甚麼這樣的事情會一再發生呢？為甚麼只有茄汁會出現以上的情況？…..

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Ketchup can be a struggle to work with. You may have seen the following when a ketchup bottle is taken out of the fridge. Try and fail to tip the ketchup out. Smack the bottle hard, many times, and wait even longer, and suddenly all the ketchup splashes out at once and you end up with much more than you need. Ketchup is a very versatile condiment – it goes well with all kinds of food – so everyone who uses it may have similar experience repeatedly. But why does this keep happening? And why does it happen with ketchup specifically?…..

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一般认为，以注射方式施药比口服药物更见疗效，这是由于把药物直接打入静脉，药物成分随血液流转全身，有助身体迅速吸收。因此，很多药物，例如糖尿病药、水痘和麻疹疫苗，以及近年采用的新冠病毒疫苗，都是以注射剂的方式推出。然而，鉴于各地相继出现接种疫苗后染疫的个案，开发药物以治疗染疫病人有其必要。在预防和治疗疾病方面，口服药物治疗除了是无创性和程序简单外，更新和更有效的口服药物可增强吸收力和功效，所以制药公司致力开发口服药和口服疫苗，对抗不断变种的新型冠状病毒。下文将就新冠病毒口服药物和口服疫苗展开讨论…..

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一般認為，以注射方式施藥比口服藥物更見療效，這是由於把藥物直接打入靜脈，藥物成分隨血液流轉全身，有助身體迅速吸收。因此，很多藥物，例如糖尿病藥、水痘和麻疹疫苗，以及近年採用的新冠病毒疫苗，都是以注射劑的方式推出。然而，鑒於各地相繼出現接種疫苗後染疫的個案，開發藥物以治療染疫病人有其必要。在預防和治療疾病方面，口服藥物治療除了是無創性和程序簡單外，更新和更有效的口服藥物可增強吸收力和功效，所以製藥公司致力開發口服藥和口服疫苗，對抗不斷變種的新型冠狀病毒。下文將就新冠病毒口服藥物和口服疫苗展開討論…..

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There is a general belief that injections are better than oral intake pills as it gets drugs into the bloodstream through direct injection into the veins. The body can thereby better absorb and assimilate the drug. We therefore see many medications introduced by forms of injection. This includes but is not limited to insulins injections, chicken pox and measles vaccines, and of late, the COVID-19 vaccines. However, there is a concerning number of patients worldwide who have contracted diseases even after vaccination. It was, therefore, necessary to develop medications for treatment of those diseases. With the advancement of more potent agents to deliver oral drugs to enhance their absorption and efficacy, on top of the advantages of non-invasiveness and simple administration, in both preventing and treating diseases, pharmaceutical companies have come to develop oral pills to combat the novel and ever-mutating COVID-19 virus. In this article, we will delve into the topic of oral-intake pills and vaccines in our battle against COVID-19…..

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