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Re:An Uncommon Cold by astrange on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:30AM (#25655752)
Each different vaccine may or may not give sterilizing immunity (whether or not you can pass it on without symptoms).

It has to be proven for each one and this hasn't been done yet. The nasal vaccines, which aren't approved yet, seem more likely to do this.

Re:An Uncommon Cold by Vecr on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:01PM (#25676498)
How easy would it be it the future to get a different vaccine course if the one you ended up with was not sterilizing? I assume you would have to pay with your own money, but would you also have to go to a different country and "forget" your immunization record somewhere after you arrive?
Re:An Uncommon Cold by andi999 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:55AM (#25655882)
Sentence is a bit ambigous. Are the nasa vaccines likely to give sterilizing immunity or the opposite?
Re:An Uncommon Cold by astrange on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:58AM (#25655895)
They're more likely to work, because they go in the places (your nose) that need to be sterilized. But it's only theoretical.
Re:An Uncommon Cold by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:37AM (#25656112)
> They're more likely to work, because they go in the places (your nose) that need to be sterilized.

That doesn't make much sense; vaccines aren't topical treatments for current infections but systemic preparation against future infections.

Re:An Uncommon Cold by astrange on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:51AM (#25656186)
There's special antibodies for the nose and other membranes. The immune system is incredibly complicated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoglobulin_A