Here I describe a brief overview of how the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines work. Taking a vaccine is one’s personal choice, and I hope this video can help someone make that decision rooted in science.
There is a lot more information I wanted to cover, such as the immunity length over time, side effects, and non-mRNA vaccine technologies. We could discuss this for hours. But, the focus here is on the technology itself.
I do use some technical terms, please find them defined below. Im happy to hear questions and comments. Thank you for taking a little time to learn about RNA! 🧬
(technical terms: 3’UTR/5’UTR = untranslated regions of the mRNA that do not code for the protein but aid in stability. Lipid = fat molecule. Ribosome = cell machinery that makes proteins from mRNA.
Macrophage = a white blood cell in our body that responds to infection. Antigen = foreign protein that antibodies detect.)
Twitter cut off the intro to the video, full length can be found on IG: @ swandive_rob
uploaded this to YouTube as well!
and now there is a version with French subtitles up on YouTube!
and now there is a version with Chinese subtitles up on YouTube!
and now the video has Arabic subtitles thanks to @damasceneting !😁 simply amazing how much the information is spreading!
the first video is now live with German subtitles! I am so impressed with how many people continue to chip in to spread accurate scientific information🙂 shoutout to @jwiechers for this video!
and now the first video on mRNA vaccine technology has Japanese subtitles courtesy of @lotusjuice ! 🙌
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