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Yeah. And a dose of vitamin C at 3000 mg is 30,000 larger than Moderna’s. You are comparing apples and cheese. Simply weighing them won’t tell you anything.
by IgorPartola 6y ago
Yeah. And a dose of vitamin C at 3000 mg is 30,000 larger than Moderna’s. You are comparing apples and cheese. Simply weighing them won’t tell you anything.
- imwillofficial 6y agoThe vitamin C will do more for you. Throw in vitamin D and studies show it’s far less of a risk profile than any of the vaccines (I haven’t looked at Russia’s yet)
- overcast 6y agoThey are both messenger RNA vaccines, so it's more like comparing two types of apples. But thank you for your sarcastic response, very helpful.
- tempestn 6y agoThe issue is that mRNA is only a tiny fraction of the vaccine by weight. The rest is made up of the lipids that hold it, plus stabilizers and such. The ratio of those to the mRNA core varies between the two vaccines. So comparing their weights is meaningless. The fact that Moderna's dose is several times larger doesn't mean you're getting several times as much mRNA. Hence, it's like comparing the weights of two different foods with different calorie densities - ie, apples and cheese.
- DrAwdeOccarim 6y agoThe microgram dose refers only to the mRNA, not the lipids, stabilizers, and such. You're right that is is only a tiny fraction of the vaccine by weight, but the dose mass refers only to the mRNA amount. So you are getting 3.33x more mRNA in the Moderna vaccines compared to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
- tempestn 6y agoAh, thank you for that correction. In retrospect I should have realized that since 100mcg is a tiny amount.