It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine

Re:It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine by woofie11 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:29AM (#25475330)

It also depends on how one defines danger. Would you rather die a few years earlier in your old age? Or live with reduced lung capacity for many years? And how common is that with COVID19?

We're still waiting to see the fall-out of long COVID.

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Re:It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine by AceyMan on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:02AM (#25475932)

Vote / Reply I'll take two fewer years of lifespan, for 200, Alex.

I'm an athlete, and my cardiopulmonary bits are essential to my sense of well-being.

/Acey

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Re:It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine by jobigoud on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:19AM (#25476026)

You say this now but if we ask you then, the day of your death, would you rather die now or live a few more years in a diminished capacity, you might have a very different answer.

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Re:It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine by AceyMan on Sunday December 27, 2020 @11:21PM (#25556639)

Don't outsmart yourself.

If you told anyone, on their death bed, "if you had run 25 km a week since [n-15 years] you would have been able to move better / dance with pretty girls / play [tennis | golf | etc] until two years ago," I think most people would say WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME.

/Acey

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Re:It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine by pdpi on Saturday December 19, 2020 @06:05AM (#25476659)

But that’s not the trade off. Rather it’s “would you rather die now, or have lived in a diminished capacity for the last few decades?”

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