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How is an mRNA strand that encode for a single very specific protein on a virus the same as the entire virus? The antibody memory made from a Natural Infection

• Buttons840 5y ago
  Your body might accidentally create an immunity to a portion of the virus that mutates. Perhaps the protein produced by vaccine mRNA forces your body to create an immunity against a portion of the virus that is less likely to mutate. I don't know if this is the case, but I offer this as an example of how our biological systems may be complicated beyond intuition.
  • arein3 5y ago
    >our biological systems may be complicated beyond intuition. right, that's why the natural way provides the best immunity
  • shadowgovt 5y ago
    The spike protein is part of COVID-19's infection mechanism. The thinking (if I understand correctly) in targeting the spike protein was that mutations to the spike protein may render the vaccine less effective, but would also render COVID-19 less infectious. It's a clever hack to rely not on whether the spike is mutation-prone, but instead on the odds that a mutation would result in a less effective virus that the vaccine wouldn't be necessary for.