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Re:Vaccine experts say Moderna didn’t produce data critical ... by RyanShook on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @08:55PM (#23242206)
My main concern is reading that there are no mRNA vaccines on the market but this would be the first. Really want to believe and hope in this vaccine but there are some red flags.
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Re:Vaccine experts say Moderna didn’t produce data critical ... by djsumdog on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:07PM (#23242916)
Massive red flags. No mRNA vaccine has made it to human trials, and all earlier attempts at vaccines for other coronaviruses (such as SARS/MERS) had some pretty bad side-effects such as immune enhancement.

Generating antibodies is one thing, but there have been SARS1 vaccines that generated antibodies and made the results worse:

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8218

Keep in mind we don't have vaccines for HIV or Herpes, but we do have effective drug treatment. It's much more likely we'll see a compound or procedure saving people from ARDS/Pneumonia than from a vaccine any time soon:

https://battlepenguin.com/politics/this-is-not-a-time-of-hon...

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