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US cancels funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine

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Re: US cancels funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine

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Post by noworriesnate »

boroboro4 wrote: post #8
msgodel wrote: post #5

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I’m still excited about MRNA vaccines (and therapies). What’s wrong with Covid vaccines apart from particular politicians demonizing them and their respective electorate getting all crazy about non existing issues in their heads?

Off the top of my head:

First they were supposed to prevent COVID. That turned out to not be true, so then they were supposed to lessen the symptoms. Everyone I know who still frequently gets COVID had the shot. Anyone paying attention was lied to.

There were tons of surprise side effects especially relating to women’s periods getting screwed up.

They were administered to children, when children were not in any serious danger.

The official story was that we were trying to make COVID die out before it mutated again, but to do that would have required vaccinating all animals as well.

Despite the above, there was tremendous pressure from left wing institutions to vaccinate everyone, proving that their values were about pharmaceutical profits instead of my body my choice.

Anyone who investigated the origin story became spontaneously racist. But then later morality reversed and it was fine.

Re: US cancels funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine

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Post by tempera »

bediger4000 wrote: post #9

The ideological revulsion about mRNA vaccines in particular is an interesting phenomenon. The vaccines were developed during the first Trump administration. Trump himself wanted credit for developing them. He mentioned Operation Warp Speed in some of his 2020 rallies, and got booed for it. Trump's Base decided mRNA was bad, with influencers making bizarre predictions about the vaccinated bleeding out in the streets,…

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Re: US cancels funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine

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Post by yetihehe »

tempera wrote: post #12
bediger4000 wrote: post #9

The ideological revulsion about mRNA vaccines in particular is an interesting phenomenon. The vaccines were developed during the first Trump administration. Trump himself wanted credit for developing them. He mentioned Operation Warp Speed in some of his 2020 rallies, and got booed for it. Trump's Base decided mRNA was bad, with influencers making bizarre predictions about the vaccinated bleeding out in the streets,…

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Number of cancer patients and cancer related costs were increasing since forever.

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Post by edflsafoiewq »

tempera wrote: post #12
bediger4000 wrote: post #9

The ideological revulsion about mRNA vaccines in particular is an interesting phenomenon. The vaccines were developed during the first Trump administration. Trump himself wanted credit for developing them. He mentioned Operation Warp Speed in some of his 2020 rallies, and got booed for it. Trump's Base decided mRNA was bad, with influencers making bizarre predictions about the vaccinated bleeding out in the streets,…

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Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

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tempera wrote: post #12
bediger4000 wrote: post #9

The ideological revulsion about mRNA vaccines in particular is an interesting phenomenon. The vaccines were developed during the first Trump administration. Trump himself wanted credit for developing them. He mentioned Operation Warp Speed in some of his 2020 rallies, and got booed for it. Trump's Base decided mRNA was bad, with influencers making bizarre predictions about the vaccinated bleeding out in the streets,…

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Re: US cancels funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine

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Post by colanderman »

tempera wrote: post #12
bediger4000 wrote: post #9

The ideological revulsion about mRNA vaccines in particular is an interesting phenomenon. The vaccines were developed during the first Trump administration. Trump himself wanted credit for developing them. He mentioned Operation Warp Speed in some of his 2020 rallies, and got booed for it. Trump's Base decided mRNA was bad, with influencers making bizarre predictions about the vaccinated bleeding out in the streets,…

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There's also been an increase in wildfires since Pluto lost its status as a planet. Public info!

Re: US cancels funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine

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Post by helsinki8 »

noworriesnate wrote: post #11
boroboro4 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m still excited about MRNA vaccines (and therapies). What’s wrong with Covid vaccines apart from particular politicians demonizing them and their respective electorate getting all crazy about non existing issues in their heads?

Off the top of my head: First they were supposed to prevent COVID. That turned out to not be true, so then they were supposed to lessen the symptoms. Everyone I know who still frequently gets COVID had the shot. Anyone paying attention was lied to. There were tons of surprise side effects especially relating to women’s periods getting screwed up. They were administered to children, when children were not in any serio…

This is all misinformation.

The vaccine significantly reduced severity of infection, likelihood to become infected at all, and likelihood of transmitting there infection.

The side effects impacting periods were incredibly rare, mild and fully disclosed.

Children's test scores are still substantially lower now than pre-covid, likely some of that is due to brain damage from the covid virus (remember that the "brain fog" was a common symptom for weeks or months, sometimes longer) and many children died or developed serious health issues like diabetes from the virus.

But needles are scary, so some people will claim anything to justify their aversion rather than admit they have a phobia of injections.

Re: US cancels funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine

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Post by jghn »

noworriesnate wrote: post #11
boroboro4 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m still excited about MRNA vaccines (and therapies). What’s wrong with Covid vaccines apart from particular politicians demonizing them and their respective electorate getting all crazy about non existing issues in their heads?

Off the top of my head: First they were supposed to prevent COVID. That turned out to not be true, so then they were supposed to lessen the symptoms. Everyone I know who still frequently gets COVID had the shot. Anyone paying attention was lied to. There were tons of surprise side effects especially relating to women’s periods getting screwed up. They were administered to children, when children were not in any serio…

> First they were supposed to prevent COVID

This was never the case. That's not how vaccines work.

> There were tons of surprise side effects especially relating to women’s periods getting screwed up.

citation from an actual health study that this actually caused health risks?

> when children were not in any serious danger.

Again, citation needed?

> Anyone who investigated the origin story became spontaneously racist. But then later morality reversed and it was fine.

What does this have to do with mRNA vaccines?

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Post by jjkaczor »

tempera wrote: post #12
bediger4000 wrote: post #9

The ideological revulsion about mRNA vaccines in particular is an interesting phenomenon. The vaccines were developed during the first Trump administration. Trump himself wanted credit for developing them. He mentioned Operation Warp Speed in some of his 2020 rallies, and got booed for it. Trump's Base decided mRNA was bad, with influencers making bizarre predictions about the vaccinated bleeding out in the streets,…

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And so has the amount of plastic in our biosystems and brains. And increased PFAS chemicals in various ecosystems. Soon with increased air overall environmental pollution in the US due to regulations being removed from various industries.

But... no relation to cancer at all, right?

Re: US cancels funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine

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Post by noworriesnate »

helsinki8 wrote: post #17
noworriesnate wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Off the top of my head: First they were supposed to prevent COVID. That turned out to not be true, so then they were supposed to lessen the symptoms. Everyone I know who still frequently gets COVID had the shot. Anyone paying attention was lied to. There were tons of surprise side effects especially relating to women’s periods getting screwed up. They were administered to children, when children were not in any serio…

This is all misinformation. The vaccine significantly reduced severity of infection, likelihood to become infected at all, and likelihood of transmitting there infection. The side effects impacting periods were incredibly rare, mild and fully disclosed. Children's test scores are still substantially lower now than pre-covid, likely some of that is due to brain damage from the covid virus (remember that the "brain fog…

A female close to me experienced side effects from shedding of the vaccine. She was not initially an “anti-vaxxer.” These symptoms were absolutely not disclosed ahead of time.

I’ve seen with my own eyes people who tried to shame me for not getting the vaccine come down with COVID over and over again.

When you tell someone that their personal experience and that of their trusted friends is misinformation, you lose all credibility.

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