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Edit: I do plan to get the vaccine, but as a software engineer I know beta versions usually have the most “bugs” — and I have the health privilege to be in the back of the line so I will!
A sunburn can change/damage your DNA.
Does anybody have a good link for a layman's overview of how mRNA vaccines work? Lot's of nervousness from people around this, and would love to be able to help quell some of that.
My recent absolute favorite is Lupe Fiasco explaining it to Hotep Jesus (some NSFW language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0MA48bfshw#t=2h14m3s The overall video is a about vaccines in general (Hotep Jesus is rather skeptical of them), but Lupe explaining how mRNA vaccines work starts at this timestamp. There's also a place where the audio cuts out. It's only a minute or so, but they go back and finish where they…
Wonder what the trial exclusion criteria was...it’s not referenced in this article.
Can read all of them in their published protocol at https://www.modernatx.com/sites/default/files/mRNA-1273-P301... under section 5.2.
Included: Pre-existing conditions are okay as long as they are in a stable condition (defined as no significant change in therapy etc for the 3 months before enrollment).
Excluded: Immunosuppressive or immunodeficient state, asplenia, recurrent severe infections (HIV-positive participants with CD4 count ≥350 cells/mm 3 and an undetectable HIV viral load within the past year [low level variations from 50-500 viral copies which do not lead to changes in antiretroviral therapy [ART] are permitted]).
Looks fair enough to an amateur like myself.
Edit: Not sure how common a immunosuppressive or immunodeficient state is in a typical population. Perhaps it's common enough to be relevant?
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Honest question: would you wait if there was a pact to the effect that either everyone takes the vaccine, or no one does? Because obviously not getting vaccinated when everybody else does is almost always the best choice game-theoretically speaking; it doesn't really say anything on the vaccine (it may say more on the civic sense of the individual).
Let's see... it's a calculus of death vs potential long term adverse effect: P(death) I'd take the vaccine in a heartbeat, long term effects and all, if P(death) was 10% or higher.
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Honest question: would you wait if there was a pact to the effect that either everyone takes the vaccine, or no one does? Because obviously not getting vaccinated when everybody else does is almost always the best choice game-theoretically speaking; it doesn't really say anything on the vaccine (it may say more on the civic sense of the individual).
Let's see... it's a calculus of death vs potential long term adverse effect: P(death) I'd take the vaccine in a heartbeat, long term effects and all, if P(death) was 10% or higher.
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>Note: I think the bar for requiring a vaccination can/should definitely be higher than the bar to lift a total ban on a vaccine. It's unlikely in the US that the federal government could require vaccination. States maybe could but only because of very old case law that might well not stand up today. Of course, private workplaces, schools, government offices, airlines, etc. could to the degree that it might be quite…
> States maybe could but only because of very old case law that might well not stand up today. Of course, private workplaces, schools, government offices, airlines, etc. could to the degree that it might be quite difficult at some point to refuse. States probably can compel people to take it, considering some already require it for use of public services like schools. I’m guessing private companies can do whatever th…
I don't really disagree with you in general. SWAT teams won't be holding people down and injecting people by force. But the practical effect isn't that different from a jurisdiction effectively requiring proof of vaccination to leave your house.
Does anybody have a good link for a layman's overview of how mRNA vaccines work? Lot's of nervousness from people around this, and would love to be able to help quell some of that.
My recent absolute favorite is Lupe Fiasco explaining it to Hotep Jesus (some NSFW language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0MA48bfshw#t=2h14m3s The overall video is a about vaccines in general (Hotep Jesus is rather skeptical of them), but Lupe explaining how mRNA vaccines work starts at this timestamp. There's also a place where the audio cuts out. It's only a minute or so, but they go back and finish where they…
Why is AstraZeneca asking for exemption from liability claims stemming from their COVID-19 vaccine? https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-astrazeneca-results-vaccin...
> “This is a unique situation where we as a company simply cannot take the risk if in ... four years the vaccine is showing side effects,”
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No, but there have been plenty of people in the US gathering unnecessarily, not for essential work, but in large groups for Halloween parties and bars, with extended family and older relatives for Thanksgiving, and are likely to gather multiple times for Christmas once again. Now unsurprisingly the pandemic is out of control, hospitals in many regions are overcapacity and the overworked essential healthcare workers m…
Social interaction is essential for humans, not optional.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/14/9341852...
The virus has been around for almost a year now and people are still acting like we have no idea how it works or that uncontrolled spread can cause a disastrous collapse of healthcare systems.
Why is AstraZeneca asking for exemption from liability claims stemming from their COVID-19 vaccine? https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-astrazeneca-results-vaccin...
> “This is a unique situation where we as a company simply cannot take the risk if in ... four years the vaccine is showing side effects,” Ruud Dobber, a member of Astra’s senior executive team, told Reuters. Seems pretty straightforward to me. It’s an unproven method of vaccine creation and hasn’t been tested by anyone. I really can’t imagine this holding up in courts though.