#Immune

The Pfizer/Moderna COVID19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines.What is mRNA? All cells have DNA (in chromosomes). Think of DNA as a cookbook with the directions for your cell to make what
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Covid Vaccine: So as everyone knows we are racing against time to make a vaccine for Covid 19. Producing effective vaccines is a lengthy process and takes years.So what is
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Spent the weekend learning about Covid-19. It’s such a smart virus. Unlike the HI virus which goes for CD4 white blood cells to get into the host body, Covid-19 utilizes
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This is my home state of Iowa, and this exactly what you want to see during a pandemic. This is how you beat it without a meaningful vaccine. Those 40
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What does a #COVID19 #vaccine with 90% #efficacy imply? It means that 90% of people who are vaccinated will develop sufficient immune response to repel the virus without symptoms (they
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The CanSino vaccine is based on a modified cold-causing virus that can't replicate and carries the instructions for human cells to make a key SARS-CoV-2 protein. This is turn stimulates
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Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is made by artificially creating a messenger RNA sequence in the lab that instructs your own cells to put together the right amino acids in the right
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Toby Young in June:"I’m going to go out on a limb and predict there will be no “second spike” – not now, and not in the autumn either. The virus
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Today I did an online tutorial with the West Midlands #haemSpRs. It was good to do some teaching after a bit of a hiatus! We've always done online tutorials on
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Finishing up: It occurs to me that this confusion is the consequence of simple terminology. What does it mean to be ‘immune’?/ɪˈmjuːn/ - adj – «Having a high degree of
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In case you're confused about the two COVID19 vaccines you've been hearing about, here's a quick overview (With a TLDR at the end).VACCINE1 (Oxford University/AstraZeneca) - This vaccine contains a
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ok so i guess i need to get this out of my system and maybe it'll help someone understand: the dumbass's guide to the covid-19 vaccine (as written by a
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Common question: Do we vaccinate patients with immune impairment? This group, which includes patients on chemo, transplant recipients, HIV, etc. are at high risk, but there's little data on vaccine
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A lot of news regarding a SARS-CoV-2 mutation. This is an important, but not unexpected. SARS-CoV-2 is a single stranded RNA virus, it will mutate.But, this mutation is not one
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There is clearly a lot of circulating misinformation leading to mistrust and vaccine hesitancy regarding vaccines for South Africa. Vaccines DO NOT spread infections. Instead, they are designed to protect
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Canada Craziness:One would think Canadians are dying, like flies, from Covid-19.Nothing could be further from the truth.Canada’s death toll from COVID-19 = 20,016 Canada's Population - 38,008,005Covid Deaths as
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