DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna modRNA Covid-19 vaccines

Re:DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mod... by zolbrek on Friday October 20, 2023 @06:11AM (#37954259)

For me, the logic went as follows:

The elderly, the sickly, and the obese were the most at risk.

Being young and healthy, the risk to me was negligible.

The covid vaccines did not prevent transmission, so getting jabbed would not help eradicate the virus.

Because of the limited benefits the vaccine would provide to me and its non-sterilizing nature, I decided not to get vaccinated against covid.

In the end I got covid, was sick as a dog for a few days, then I was fine. I'm happy with my decision. But I would never suggest to anyone who got the covid vaccine that they made the wrong decision, it's an individual choice to make.

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Re:DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mod... by brnt on Friday October 20, 2023 @07:49AM (#37954900)

I'm not sure what you mean when you say: the vaccines did not prevent transmission. Getting a shot makes it less likely for the virus to reproduce in your body, so any aerosoles you emit will have fewer or no virus content, which is precisely how it helps reduce transmission, does it not?

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Re:DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mod... by pests on Friday October 20, 2023 @03:10PM (#37960204)

He means 100% prevention.

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Re:DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mod... by brnt on Friday October 20, 2023 @04:26PM (#37961105)

But what intervention promises that?

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Re:DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mod... by pests on Friday October 20, 2023 @04:44PM (#37961277)

I know, I agree. Maybe the media and scientists set expectations too high? Vaccine == Immune? Not sure.

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Re:DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mod... by zolbrek on Saturday October 21, 2023 @07:26AM (#37965917)

I'm surprised you two are going on like this as if the purpose of vaccination hasn't been to provide immunization.

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Re:DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mod... by brnt on Saturday October 21, 2023 @08:19AM (#37966190)

It's the first time I meet someone that seems to think immunity is binary, not what it AFAIK is: a fraction, usually quite near 100% but never it.

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Re:DNA fragments detected in Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mod... by shadowgovt on Saturday October 21, 2023 @07:15PM (#37971356)

You are fortunate you did not acquire any of the long covid symptoms.

And yes, it turns out that some people have some innate immunity that we were unable to identify early in the pandemic. But nobody knew if they had that or not.

Your rolled some dice and came up lucky.

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