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3. Policy from a conspiracy theory. The mRNA vaccines are an incredible achievement in a short period of time

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Aug 5, 2025, 07:09 PM

Aug 5

The Human Genome project was published in 2003.

Instead of having to handle, create an exact dosage, transport, and administer a live virus the body gets instructions to synthesize a protein that it learns to fight. The instructions are discarded like IKEA instructions.

This is so stupid.

https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/how-they-work.html

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