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An immediate "but if it breaks down fast, how can it do anything?" thought springs to mind. I know what you mean is "not dormant and doing something for months
by bbarnett 6y ago
An immediate "but if it breaks down fast, how can it do anything?" thought springs to mind.
I know what you mean is "not dormant and doing something for months/years", but at the same time, if it can initiate a modification of immune response, it can do "other things".
I believe we must take the utmost of care at this juncture, and make sure assurances are not construed as in a poor light.
- kolinko 6y agoFor me the most convincing argument regarding safety is that mRNA vaccines essentially do the same thing that the virus does, just extremely limited in scope (producing just one protein instead of a bunch of them, and not reinfecting more cells). So, even if producing the proteins turns out to be somewhat harmful long term, it cannot possibly be as harmful as the whole virus. Assuming that covid infection is inevtable without a vaccine, we really have a choice between getting a little bit of mRNA injected into our cells, and a ton of mRNA injected.
- qz2 6y agoThat's an interesting perspective. I've actually had the virus. I'm interested to see what the differential outcome of having the virus and having the vaccination is.
- pfranz 6y agoI heard recently that there's a surprising amount of our DNA that's made up of old viruses from our ancestors. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160322100714.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160322100714.h...
- acqq 6y agoThere are the viruses which can exploit the DNA involved mechanisms, but a mRNA vaccine is not using these, it uses the processes "downstream."