Sat-26-12-2020, 09:59 AM
(Sat-26-12-2020, 09:14 AM)D Foster Wrote:(Sat-26-12-2020, 09:06 AM)Caroline Wrote:(Sat-26-12-2020, 00:29 AM)D Foster Wrote:(Fri-25-12-2020, 21:56 PM)Caroline Wrote:(Fri-25-12-2020, 21:04 PM)D Foster Wrote: The only thing that concerns me is that the construction of the Pfizer vaccine is a type,as I understand, that has never been approved or used before.
I think that I prefer the Oxford one as the construction of that is similar to existing types.
That is not entirely true Dave.
A very long time ago, in the time before the antibiotics were discovered (because that is a discovery, not a development, and in fact more scary than a vaccine), people used a so called blood therapy which worked against specifically bacterial problems. They did not know in that time, but the now we understand the reason that it worked and that is because this therapy showed the DNA to the immune system, which then reacted by making the correct anti bodies.
This Pfizer vaccine works in the same way, but with RNA. The principle is the same.
But it's never been approved yet for use before .
For everything there is a first time.... and “approval” is a burocratic process that has nothing to do with real physical life. Nature goes on without any “approval”.
Approval is based on testing and research but when it's a process that's never been used before then extra care needs to be used. I prefer to wait for the Oxford vaccine personally though I am trying to find out more about the use with the Stelara as you can't have any live vaccinations and I am a sure how the Pfizer is graded on that score.
It is exacly as you say. The testing process is done. The approval is only a burocratic thing. Nature will not change.
Pfizer is not a live vaccine, it is in the form of mRNA, it is a package of information that is presented to your immune system. On the basis is this information the immuunsystem will build the antibodies.