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Interesting and rather tragic.

The part about supressing the cause of death was especially gutwrenching. Silencing hurt people out of fear of encouraging nutters is a horrible thing to do.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Ah that’s right! Are the major vaccines the RNA ones where it’s just the protein? I’ve forgotten. I had a brain fart and for some reason was thinking of traditional vaccines.

I wonder if the types affect the chance of a reaction for some people or in general

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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).
[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks, that’s good info

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 3 points 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.