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

• zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Thanks, that’s good info

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• vividspecter@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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