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> The mechanism for how these vaccines work is pretty straightforward, well understood, and quick acting. Before 2020, mRNA was only considered a theoretical o
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> The mechanism for how these vaccines work is pretty straightforward, well understood, and quick acting.
Before 2020, mRNA was only considered a theoretical or experimental candidate for use in humans. Sure, we have a theory behind the mechanism, but that's it. Your implication that we know all about what these novel, unfamiliar mRNA vaccines will do is flat out wrong.
> This idea that there is some sort of known risk of a significant issue popping up out of nowhere months or years down the road has no historical precedent.
That's because there's almost no precedent at all.
https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007%2F978-1-4939-6481-9_1 https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007%2F978-1-4939-6481...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_vaccines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_vaccines