Originally Posted by
abrown83
Jesus Fucking Christ
1. 4 people out of about 23,000 got Bell's Palsy. You know what the annual rate of Bell's Palsy is in the general population? 15-30 per 100,000 or exactly in line with the number that got it during the vaccine testing. It's not significant.
2. mRNA vaccines aren't new...I keep seeing that shit. We have been testing and studying them for 30 years. The first studies were published in the early 90s. Katalin Karikó and Derrick Rossi are now two of the most important people in human history, everyone should know their names because your grandchildren will. What we have created is a delivery system that will be able to stop almost any disease and virus. Moderna came up with their vaccine and had it ready to test with a few hundred doses in 42 days. 42 fucking days!!! Moderna has been promising this shit for awhile and they seemingly were able to use COVID to deliver. It is 100% certain that this technology will be able to fight every RNA disease/virus known to man. That includes the Flu, Common Cold, HIV, Hep C, Ebola, SARS (COVID), Polio, certain types of cancer - those will all be eradicated in the next 10 years.
3. When you want to see some people who knew what the fuck they were talking about, look at this article
"Are RNA Viruses Candidate Agents for the Next Global Pandemic? A Review" from 2017.
4. If you want to understand the equivalent of what the vaccine means in human history, the only thing similar in terms of scope and accomplishment is man going to the moon and man building the pyramids. There is literally nothing else as far as human accomplishment that compares to this.
5. The number of people walking around who are ignorant and arrogant is astounding to me. I have never seen so many people, who have access to all the information and answers they could ever want, so intentionally select to remain stupid and then arrogantly post their stupidity on social media and the web.
This is mostly correct, but #2 is misleading.
mRNA technology isn't new, but indeed this is the first mRNA vaccine ever released. With that comes some unknowns -- probably some which end up being minor, hopefully nothing which ends up being major.
With that said, mRNA technology is definitely the future of vaccines, and perhaps more than that. It has been studied to treat and prevent cancer, as well.
As I said on radio several months ago, "mRNA looks like it's the future of vaccines, and it might end up being as important to human health as the invention of antibiotics nearly 100 years ago. But the question remains -- is it the present?"
Moderna and Pfizer seem to have somewhat answered that, as the results of their COVID vaccine are far beyond what anyone expected (at least in their clinical trials).
The bottom line is that people have a legitimate reason to be a little fearful of the vaccine, but there's no global conspiracy, and people 40+ are likely best served taking it as soon as available. While the vaccine carries some unknowns, COVID carries even more unknowns, and far more potential to harm -- at least for those over 40. Younger people might be better off waiting, especially those under 25.