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I hope it's not too political to say, that using tried and true methods is better in an emergency, shouldn't be time for experiments on people. mRNA vaccines se

by xaduha 6y ago

I hope it's not too political to say, that using tried and true methods is better in an emergency, shouldn't be time for experiments on people. mRNA vaccines seem to be more expensive and harder to store, so what are the benefits? Or who benefits?

dehrmann 6y ago
> what are the benefits It was faster to produce candidate vaccines. There are also some production benefits because it doesn't involve replicating a virus in eggs.
- xaduha 6y ago
  I don't think it involves eggs, they do it in bioreactors. As for candidate vaccines, didn't end up mattering much, did it? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus...
  - stonogo 6y ago
    Bioreactors aren't magic, there still needs to be a growth medium. The question is what media are involved.
    - xaduha 6y ago
      He talked about production benefits, how's that relevant? Very unconvincing arguments so far.
      - stonogo 6y ago
        I'm not trying to 'convince' you of anything. I'm pointing out that bioreactors still need growth media, and it can still be egg-based.
        xaduha 6y ago
        You are not even the guy I was talking with, eggs or no eggs, it's not about eggs.