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The real breakthrough would be to move away from needles. I imagine a great many anti-vaxxers would quietly give up their protest if that were to occur.
by jimbob45 7y ago
The real breakthrough would be to move away from needles. I imagine a great many anti-vaxxers would quietly give up their protest if that were to occur.
- Someone1234 7y agoOn that note, there's a few vaccines heading to market in pill form. However many target diseases of the digestive system (like Norovirus[0]). But in general, I do agree that pill stable vaccines would massively subvert the anti-vaxx movement. [0] https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/09/27/norovirus-vaccine-meets-all-endpoints-1b-study-what-does-mean-14306 https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/09/27/norovirus-vaccine-meets...
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- lazyasciiart 7y agoYou can already get flu vaccines as a nasal spray, I haven't heard of any impact on anti-vax attitudes.
- jimbob45 7y agoThe nasal spray is made from living and weakened virus. The jab is made from dead virus. You're more at risk of complications from the live virus and, as such, it's not recommended for tiny kids or adults over 50. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/prevention-15/vaccines/flu-vaccine-which-type?page=2 https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/prevention-15/vaccines/f...
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoFlu vaccines are an interesting one. They're changed each year (in UK, Fluenz Tetra is used primarily) based on a guess at the 4 most likely prevalent strains for the forthcoming season. I don't see how you can hide behind "rigourously tested" "longitudinal scientific observations" and such. All public vaccination schemes are for populations, but flu vaccination in this form seems much more of a gamble than tried-and-tested vaccines. AIR one-in-ten getting the vaccine get "flu-like symptoms"; but it's for the population as a whole.