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by koyanisqatsi 1327 days ago
The questions you're asking are not really coherent. mRNA vaccines are pretty well understood. The vaccine delivers a payload to your own cells which cause them to produce viral proteins. These proteins in turn cause an immune response and help you fight off any future infection because immune cells have memory and leverage information from the vaccine proteins to fight off the real virus.

mRNA vaccines are essentially a form of genetic engineering but their safety record is better than basically all other forms of immunization so if you've already had 3 boosters and no negative side-effects then getting another one isn't going to hurt you any more than the previous shots.

You should also quit smoking and start exercising since that's better than whatever else you could do for your health and general well-being.

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What does well understood mean in this context? The mRNA enters the cell because of some addition to it, which seems to be the key here. What is exactly coded in front of that spike protein to enter a cell and what happens with it inside the cell? Is this part required to enter the cell just discarded?

The cell starts production of viral protein by copying the mRNA again and keeps doing so for while. Then it somehow stops... What exactly stops this process, except for heat shock?

Are the cells injected with the mRNA gobbled up by the immun system or does it stop on its own to produce the viral protein?

How does the viral protein leave the cell after it is produced inside of it? For a production of a virus it would stay inside until the virus is fully assembled. Is there a trick to the mRNA stuff, that makes the cell produce the viral particles outside of itself so the immun system can get to it?

Or is the cell bursting at some point when it is completely overloaded with viral protein?

I explained what happens at a level of abstraction that makes sense for what was being asked. If you want more details then get in touch with a real biologist or geneticist. I'm not the person to answer your questions.
The mRNA is misinformation that tells the cell to produce the spike protein of coronavirus on its cell membrane. Those membranes are how cells interact with their environment. Later immune cells interact with those same spike proteins to identify the right antibodies to fight off the foreign, spike proteins. All without ever actually exposing the patient to coronavirus.

Good luck.

Thankyou for the respectful response, this is the stuff I need to see. Unfortunately I seem to be caught up in a spiral of sorts and the only information I am receiving is from either extremely partisan media outlets and or algorithms that are pushing "Red Pill" narratives my way. I try to watch the other media sources but find them so disingenuous I can't make it more than a few minutes before retreating back into my right wing echo chambers!

PS: Sorry for baiting my questions with anti Justin rhetoric but I think it will trigger the right...or wrong individuals for answering my question honestly!

I don't know what "Justin rhetoric" is but if you want more accurate information then you won't find it in the usual places. Wikipedia articles are usually a good starting point for most things because they contain a list of references and first-hand sources. That's how I learned about mRNA vaccines and it was better than whatever was being blasted on social media and mainstream news outlets.
Thankyou for the tip, IDK why I have not visited Wikipedia. Probably a combination of negative feedback from times I used it as a source and personal laziness.

Thankyou for taking the time to respond.