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> All existing vaccines have risk, however they're at least a factor off 100 safer mRNA vaccines are qualitatively different, though, not just slightly further

> All existing vaccines have risk, however they're at least a factor off 100 safer mRNA vaccines are qualitatively different, though, not just slightly further on a sliding scale. The only risks AFAIK are from the delivery mechanism and the immune response; the payload itself is, well, mRNA molecules, which can't produce pathogens at all.

btilly 4y ago
What you say is both true and misleading. While you correctly identify the cause, the rates of myocarditis and pericarditis younger people receiving the vaccine are far higher than with other vaccines we give. See https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/5/e059223 https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/5/e059223 for verification. As a result some countries, such as Sweden, have opted to NOT offer COVID vaccines to children under 12. https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/25/covid-vaccine-for-children-who-in-europe-is-leading-the-race https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/25/covid-vaccine-for-c... The fact that the USA shut down the discussion before it even happened is a problem.
elcritch 4y ago
> The only risks AFAIK are from the delivery mechanism and the immune response Which is a risk. The mRNA vaccines AFAICT are somewhere around a factor 100x safer than covid-19 for the general population. I hope research gets published that get that number more accurate. Also, it seems risks like myocarditis stem from the lack of common best practices around the delivery mechanism like dosing and hopefully could be reduced.