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Re:Breakthrough in Synthetic Vaccine Technology Requires No ... by lazyasciiart on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:22PM (#21129484)
You can already get flu vaccines as a nasal spray, I haven't heard of any impact on anti-vax attitudes.
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Re:Breakthrough in Synthetic Vaccine Technology Requires No ... by jimbob45 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:40PM (#21129694)
The nasal spray is made from living and weakened virus. The jab is made from dead virus. You're more at risk of complications from the live virus and, as such, it's not recommended for tiny kids or adults over 50.

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/prevention-15/vaccines/f...

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Re:Breakthrough in Synthetic Vaccine Technology Requires No ... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:07PM (#21129982)
Flu vaccines are an interesting one. They're changed each year (in UK, Fluenz Tetra is used primarily) based on a guess at the 4 most likely prevalent strains for the forthcoming season. I don't see how you can hide behind "rigourously tested" "longitudinal scientific observations" and such.

All public vaccination schemes are for populations, but flu vaccination in this form seems much more of a gamble than tried-and-tested vaccines.

AIR one-in-ten getting the vaccine get "flu-like symptoms"; but it's for the population as a whole.

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