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For what it's worth, mRNA immunotherapies for cancer have been being injected into people for almost 20 years now. Efficacy aside, we know the medium-long term
by selectodude 5y ago
For what it's worth, mRNA immunotherapies for cancer have been being injected into people for almost 20 years now. Efficacy aside, we know the medium-long term outcomes of injecting ourselves with mRNA.
- yonaguska 5y agoThe relative risk reduction for potentially catching covid-19 vs actually having cancer are radically different. Long to medium term risk of adverse effects from mRNA therapies are probably not weighed heavily against imminent eventuality of short term death with cancer. Edit- that's not to say I don't disagree with you on us knowing the long-medium term risks of mRNA therapies.
- selectodude 5y agoI'm not getting into the relative merits of vaccination, I'm merely saying that mRNA isn't going to hurt you. Even decades from now. We know there are no medium-term risks of mRNA therapies because the otherwise healthy people who have injected themselves with mRNA are still alive and kicking. Here is the first Phase I test of an mRNA vaccine from 2013. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02241135 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02241135 Here's a phase I trial for mRNA therapies from 2005. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00204516 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00204516