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Apparently PEG is/was the one of the reasons of the severe allergic reactions in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Moderna, Pfizer)[0] That's plastics for you folks...

by s5ma6n 3y ago

Apparently PEG is/was the one of the reasons of the severe allergic reactions in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Moderna, Pfizer)[0] That's plastics for you folks... [0]: [Translated from German](https://www-aerzteblatt-de.translate.goog/archiv/217236/COVID-19-Impfreaktionen-in-Grossbritannien-Anaphylaxie-in-der-Anamnese?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-aerzteblatt-de.translate.goog/archiv/217236/COVI...)

orangepurple 3y ago
You're forgetting about Aluminum
ekianjo 3y ago
PEG is not plastics...
- s5ma6n 3y ago
  It is a petroleum-based polymer, tomato vs tomato...
  - hwillis 3y ago
    Tons of common plastics are made from plants. PLA, the most common FDM 3d printing plastic, is made from corn. Ethylene in particular is also naturally occurring- it's one of the most important plant hormones. Plastic implies it is solid, which is wrong.
  - freshpots 3y ago
    [flagged]
  - kragen 3y ago
    many grades of peg are liquid at room temperature; the others are highly water-soluble. you've probably never seen an object manufactured from peg in your life. that's why people don't normally call it 'plastic'
sigmar 3y ago
Not a plastic and it is commonly found in food and cosmetics. >evidence shows the existence of a detectable level of anti-PEG antibodies in approximately 72% of the population, never treated with PEGylated drugs, based on plasma samples from 1990 to 1999. Due to its ubiquity in a multitude of products and the large percentage of the population with antibodies to PEG, hypersensitive reactions to PEG are an increasing concern.[39][40] Allergy to PEG is usually discovered after a person has been diagnosed with an allergy to an increasing number of seemingly unrelated products, including processed foods, cosmetics, drugs, and other substances that contain PEG or were manufactured with PEG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_glycol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_glycol

by s5ma6n 3y ago

orangepurple 3y ago

You're forgetting about Aluminum

ekianjo 3y ago

PEG is not plastics...

s5ma6n 3y ago
It is a petroleum-based polymer, tomato vs tomato...
- hwillis 3y ago
  Tons of common plastics are made from plants. PLA, the most common FDM 3d printing plastic, is made from corn. Ethylene in particular is also naturally occurring- it's one of the most important plant hormones. Plastic implies it is solid, which is wrong.
- freshpots 3y ago
  [flagged]
- kragen 3y ago
  many grades of peg are liquid at room temperature; the others are highly water-soluble. you've probably never seen an object manufactured from peg in your life. that's why people don't normally call it 'plastic'

sigmar 3y ago

Not a plastic and it is commonly found in food and cosmetics. >evidence shows the existence of a detectable level of anti-PEG antibodies in approximately 72% of the population, never treated with PEGylated drugs, based on plasma samples from 1990 to 1999. Due to its ubiquity in a multitude of products and the large percentage of the population with antibodies to PEG, hypersensitive reactions to PEG are an increasing concern.[39][40] Allergy to PEG is usually discovered after a person has been diagnosed with an allergy to an increasing number of seemingly unrelated products, including processed foods, cosmetics, drugs, and other substances that contain PEG or were manufactured with PEG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_glycol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_glycol