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ProudWhiteMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

Thanks for being a test subject!

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jstressman 1 point ago +1 / -0

No problem. Thanks for missing the point. :)

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ProudWhiteMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

What that covid is a new class of virus born illness, has been around for over a year, has had a few variations, won't go away for a vaccine (mRNA genetic viral treatment) for what is most likely the original strand, they're already talking about a 4th wave.

Covid like the flu is here to stay this vaccine is too little too late.

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jstressman 1 point ago +1 / -0

That the OP lied about there not being animal testing yet. Animal testing was done in phase 1. We're on phase 3. So regardless of the rest of the argument, the argument stated by OP was based on a false premise. A lot of testing was already done before this started public trials, including animal testing.

Further, the vaccine is not genetic viral treatment. It doesn't use DNA, doesn't touch your DNA, doesn't read your DNA, etc. It uses messenger RNA to have your ribosomes build a specific protein exactly like they do trillions of times every day, then dissolve. The protein, which is the same as one found in the spike on the surface of the coronavirus, is enough for your immune system to recognize and remember for if/when it shows up as part of the whole virus later on so that it can quickly spot it, attack it, and clean it up before it has time to spread and make you sick.

Further, the vaccine does successfully treat it with around a 90 to 95% success rate. What it might not protect you against fully are future strains that might mutate the protein that the vaccine currently uses to recognize the virus.

So while covid might be here to stay, these mRNA vaccines allow us to very rapidly and accurately create vaccines to target the current strain and even to target multiple strains at the same time. So even if it does end up like the flu, we're also now getting ready to launch mRNA flu vaccines for the reasons stated above. They're already through early clinical trials with glowing results.