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Novavax is potentially even more efficacious, and should be widely available next year. [1] It's also not mRNA based FWIW. [2] [1] https://www.reuters.com/bus

by phonon 5y ago

Novavax is potentially even more efficacious, and should be widely available next year. [1] It's also not mRNA based FWIW. [2] [1] https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/novavax-expects-make-available-least-2-bln-covid-19-vaccine-doses-2022-2021-09-10/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/... [2] https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/moths-and-tree-bark-how-the-novavax-vaccine-works https://www.nebraskamed.com/COVID/moths-and-tree-bark-how-th...

unanswered 5y ago
> All alone, the spike protein is harmless (From your [2]) This is a lie. The spike protein has been shown to cause cardiovascular issues.
- phonon 5y ago
  Water can also cause death, in high enough doses. Sola dosis facit venenum.
- Volundr 5y ago
  > This is a lie. The spike protein has been shown to cause cardiovascular issues. [Citation needed]
  - mmillin 5y ago
    There was an article posted on HN a few days ago indicating such: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28438315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28438315 Almost necessarily less harmful than the complete virus, but the spike protein isn’t entirely harmless it seems.
    - shucksley 5y ago
      Toxicity is dose dependent. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.21.423721v2.full.pdf https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.21.423721v2.... (of course, as with my previous comments on HN, I expect this to be downvoted and deleted. go ahead. I don't care. The truth is what it is)