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mRNA immunizations. I think we're right around the corner from finding a lot of really great and useful applications for that technology. 20 years from now we
by BizarroLand 4y ago
mRNA immunizations. I think we're right around the corner from finding a lot of really great and useful applications for that technology.
20 years from now we should have enough data on its applications that there will be simple treatments and cures for many lifelong afflictions.
- version_five 4y agoWhat is something they've reliably addressed now? For all the praise heaped on them, they didn't really get us out of covid for more than a few months, and I haven't seen any other breakthroughs. It seems more like something that sounded promising and failed. Is there something that we're on the cusp of that will change that?
- rolph 4y agothe speed at which the vaccine was produced was not just administrative flexing, but was enabled by the nature of the technique. old school would have taken 6 months minimum to grow a vaccine and large scale bioprocess plantization would have been needed. the covid virus changes so fast that old school bioprocess would have left us effectively without vaccine.
- standyro 4y agoIt wasn’t a failure. The first time I got COVID I was sick for three long arduous weeks. A few years later, the second time I got COVID ~ after having rounds of the mRNA vaccines, I was only sick for a week or so. No fever, no loss of taste, with extremely mild symptoms. That was a pretty marked anecdotal improvement for my life. Pretty sure I’m not alone with that either.