This might seem like a dumb question but should I get the vaccine?
My family is getting it now & my 3 grandparents have just got the 2 shots for it. Now my dad is getting an appointment for it soon & I told them I'm not sure if I want it or not & my dad just told me that I need to get the vaccine.
I hope to God nothing bad happens to my family for taking it (or me for not taking it). I've seen headlines of people dying from it & it makes me sad since Trump had a big role in getting the vaccines out to everyone with operation warp speed & said he fully supports the vaccines. But then I see everyone on here hates the vaccine even though we are all trump supporters. It's just total chaos, I don't trust anything. People could die because of it a few months from now & I guess some people have died right after taking it.
I am sure nothing will go wrong with genetic manipulation.
Nothing at all.
Enjoy your jab.
I know you're being sarcastic but I guess I just want to hear both sides of the argument. I haven't been looking up too much stuff about this & the virus has been chaos, I'm not the most well informed I guess.
If I decide to not get the vaccine then what should I tell my parents & family? I don't want to start an argument.
Did you get the vaccine or anyone you know?
Just remember to get your special pin to wear.
I would like to identify you in public.
Thank you.
Viruses replicate by injecting their DNA or RNA, depending on the virus into your cells, and use your own cellular machinery to manufacture and package new viruses.
This vaccine likely uses an inactivated virus vector to inject the mRNA that encodes the viral spike protein into your cells, and uses your cellular machinery to manufacture that protein. Your immune system recognized that protein as foreign and manufactures defenses against it. Antibodies, t-cells, etc. That way, if you come in contact with the actual virus, it immediately gets attacked by your own defenses that the vaccine primed for you.
That's how it works. If people believe it's gene therapy, then getting the cold or the flu is also gene therapy. It's not. Don't listen to the nonsense. Look at your own risks (yourself, your close contacts), and decide whether to take it, wait a year or 2, or doesn't take it all. I haven't taken it yet. I had covid at least once, I'm fine. I will probably take it sometime in the future. Because if it is safe long term, what's the downside?
No, this vaccine doesn't contain the virus at all from what I have read.
No, it doesn't. It uses a viral vector to get the RNA into the cells. But it's not a covid virus, just a vector to inject the mRNA. Think of it as a delivery vehicle. It just happens to be a virus because a virus is already designed to inject genetic meterial into cells.