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Why is the west persuing the never before used mRNA designs instead of proven designs such as inactivated virus vaccine which have been around for ages? https:
by throwaway4good 6y ago
Why is the west persuing the never before used mRNA designs instead of proven designs such as inactivated virus vaccine which have been around for ages?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus...
I fear that the approval and quality control process have been politicized and is prone to errors of both the white and the black swan type.
- SomeoneFromCA 6y agoBecause adenoviral vaccine are unreliable, and there is a big concern that humans have become so adjusted to them, so that immune response will be very fast and the embedded Covid proteins won't have a chance to make the antibodies against themselves.
- throwaway4good 6y agoWe understand this because this type has been in use for decades. We do not have a similar level of understanding for the mRNA type. And yet we are pushing it out at a never seen before scale and speed.
- rualca 6y ago> We do not have a similar level of understanding for the mRNA type. And yet we are pushing it out at a never seen before scale and speed. It's my understanding that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is the first vaccine that is demonstrably reliable, safe, and able to be mass produced. Mankind may have a track record with another kind of technology, but until someone is able to come up with a vaccine that is reliable, safe, and able to be mass produced, they will remain in the hypothetical territory. It's better to have a vaccine in the hand than two in the theoretical textbooks.