Comment on 'Cooker, anti-vaxxer, sheep': The people Australia's COVID-19 response forgot

melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  None of the major vaccines for COVID are an attenuated virus to be clear, although some vaccines are made like that (usually older ones).

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah that’s right! Are the major vaccines the RNA ones where it’s just the protein? I’ve forgotten.

    I had a brain fart and for some reason was thinking of traditional vaccines

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    • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Are the major vaccines the RNA ones where it’s just the protein?

      Moderna and Pfizer are mRNA. Novavax is protein subunit. AstraZeneca is viral vector (not an attenuated SARS-CoV-2, a completely different virus).

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    • vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I wonder if the types affect the chance of a reaction for some people or in general

      Yeah, it does affect the type of severe reaction. AstraZenica had TTS, and with Moderna/Pfizer it’s pericarditis/myocarditis.

      Chances of it happening are very low for both vaccine types, but when you administer millions of doses, some minority are going to be affected.

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