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Addressing concerns about mRNA COVID-19 vaccines with Paul Offit — Whalespan

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Addressing concerns about mRNA COVID-19 vaccines with Paul Offit

Peter Attia9m · 2021-05-04

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◐Partially SupportedVaccine safety is assessed by waiting two months after the last dose to ensure continued safety.◐Partially SupportedInfluenza vaccines can rarely cause Guillain-Barre syndrome, an ascending paralysis, within six weeks of vaccination.◐Partially SupportedThe squalene-adjuvanted influenza vaccine used in Europe during the 2009 pandemic could cause narcolepsy in approximately 1 in 55,000 people.✕Not SupportedmRNA cannot alter human DNA because it lacks necessary enzymes and cannot cross the nuclear membrane.Partially Supported

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mRNA vaccine technology has been in development for decades and was first clinically used for a human virus concern.

◐Partially SupportedmRNA vaccines have no short-term clinically relevant complications based on tens of millions of doses administered.

◐Partially SupportedmRNA cannot alter human DNA because it lacks the necessary components to enter the nucleus, convert to DNA, or integrate into DNA.

◐Partially SupportedmRNA vaccines represent the fifth era of vaccinology.

◐Partially SupportedThere are no serious adverse events associated with vaccines that have not been identified within two months of receiving a dose.

◐Partially SupportedThe development of mRNA vaccines was built upon decades of scientific advancement.

◐Partially SupportedThe oral polio vaccine can revert to a neurovirulent or wild-type virus and cause polio within weeks of administration.

◐Partially SupportedThe yellow fever vaccine can cause viscerotropic disease in approximately 1 in 1 million people, with onset occurring within about a week of vaccination.

◐Partially SupportedMessenger RNA in vaccines is taken up by cells, translated into protein over days, and then breaks down, ceasing protein production.

◐Partially SupportedThe issue with Johnson & Johnson vaccines arose within two weeks of a dose.