Not even one passing mention of gain of function research?
SciAm in 2021:
> The riskier version of gain-of-function research creates viruses with abilities they do not have in nature. In two separate studies in 2011, scientists famously and controversially did just that with the H5N1 influenza virus, or “bird flu,” resulting in a version capable of airborne transmission among ferrets.
> The naturally occurring virus does not have this ability.
> Making mammal-to-mammal transmission easier set off alarm bells and triggered discussion of a U.S. moratorium.
> That is not what we were sold by the media / peer pressure
mRNA producing COVID spike proteins that the body then recognizes as foreign is exactly the mechanism of action for this class of vaccine, this was not hidden from anyone. It's not just "factual and proven"—as though there was some cover-up with major questions about it—it's literally the reason companies like Moderna and BioNTech exist.
Describing this mechanism as "self-assembling nano-structures" is technically true but sounds like scaretalk, which could lead one to question what exactly you thought you were getting.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 49.4 ms ] threadSciAm in 2021:
> The riskier version of gain-of-function research creates viruses with abilities they do not have in nature. In two separate studies in 2011, scientists famously and controversially did just that with the H5N1 influenza virus, or “bird flu,” resulting in a version capable of airborne transmission among ferrets.
> The naturally occurring virus does not have this ability.
> Making mammal-to-mammal transmission easier set off alarm bells and triggered discussion of a U.S. moratorium.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-scientists-tw...
https://github.com/rudi-cilibrasi/ncd-covid
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/practically-a-book-review-r...
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Super interesting article.
mRNA producing COVID spike proteins that the body then recognizes as foreign is exactly the mechanism of action for this class of vaccine, this was not hidden from anyone. It's not just "factual and proven"—as though there was some cover-up with major questions about it—it's literally the reason companies like Moderna and BioNTech exist.
Describing this mechanism as "self-assembling nano-structures" is technically true but sounds like scaretalk, which could lead one to question what exactly you thought you were getting.