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by Loveaway 1869 days ago
Well I'd urge you to not be so hastily. This could very well go very badly. There are a lot of unproven, hypothetical, assumptions being made, and a lot of people are completely ignoring any counter argument. Often valid issues simply get deleted, people just don't want to hear it, they don't want to see it, and it scares me to be honest. It's also getting completely impossible to argue against the commitment bias of vaccinated people. You really don't even considered once that injecting spike protein on a regular basis might not be the best thing for you body? This is a harmful protein after all.

I don't know, maybe its all fine and good, but if you ask me, I think a lot of people are way too excited to be part of this study. Especially since the risk/reward doesn't seems to be that great in the first place.
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carlmr 1869 days ago
>You really don't even considered once that injecting spike protein on a regular basis might not be the best thing for you body? This is a harmful protein after all.

We're talking about small amounts here, that aren't replicating. If you have the virus coursing around you get a lot of contact with the real spike protein, which can replicate inside your body.

The body is used to fighting off a lot of viruses and bacteria at the same time. Why would this spike protein, without the attached virus, be different?

After all we can't compare the vaccine to a world without the virus, since we won't get that back. Instead we need to compare the vaccine to the world with the virus.

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Loveaway 1868 days ago
It's a good point. But delivery mechanism should probably be considered too. The virus has to go through the respiratory system, which is a first line of defense. Then it takes time to infect you, multiply, and get around. It also can only dock at ACE2 I think. The shot seems to be instant full body intracellular delivery.

Maybe it does not matter much, but the immune reaction can indeed be very strong. Just don't be completely naive when in comes to regular booster shots, there might be a fine line between benefits and negatives. Also other types of vaccines are on the way I heard, so we'll see, maybe that will open up alternative ways to combat the virus.

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aledalgrande 1868 days ago
How is the spike protein on its own dangerous? You think it's gonna go around and poke cells?
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