Messengers of hope: two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines herald a new era for vaccinology

Re:Messengers of hope: two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines herald a n... by flavius29663 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @11:09AM (#25582850)

It depends how different the response to the vaccine vs the virus is. e.g. the vaccine immune response is based on the spike, while the virus could trigger an immune response based on some detail on the virus, but not the spike

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Re:Messengers of hope: two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines herald a n... by shawnz on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @11:14AM (#25582898)

But there would still be a period of time where the spike protein was present in the body.

Are you saying introducing other markers as well would make the presence of the spike protein less risky? Why would that be the case?

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Re:Messengers of hope: two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines herald a n... by flavius29663 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @01:04PM (#25584128)

I didn't say that. I said that the antibodies might behave differently (this is purely theoretical, I have no idea) when presented with a spike vs a spike attached to a corona. That different behavior might cause different long term effects. It might be that the virus causes the worse long term effects and an auto immune attack... In fact, I personally know someone who got an auto-immune induced arthritis from getting a virus infection in central America.

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