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First of all, the mRNA Covid vaccines have proved highly effective, compared to influenza vaccines, for example. They're probably the most effective vaccines ev
by Reason077 5y ago
First of all, the mRNA Covid vaccines have proved highly effective, compared to influenza vaccines, for example. They're probably the most effective vaccines ever developed for any respiratory virus.
Secondly, EBV is a herpes family virus, which as a DNA virus is about as far removed from an RNA virus like SARS-CoV-2 as it's possible to get on the virus family tree. There's no reason to expect that the efficacy of a particular vaccine technology on one would have any relation whatsoever to that of the other!
- glenngillen 5y agoI appreciate we’re drifting off thread here, but I’d not heard the “most effective vaccines ever developed for any respiratory virus” claim before. I’m likely about to end up in some research rabbit hole this afternoon, but if you happen to have references to support that claim it would be much appreciated.