Thread by @WheatNOil

Some have asked me about how the AstraZenica vaccine is different than the mRNA vaccines. @ScientistSwanda does a great job here describing it. The vaccine is still all about the asshole protein, your body just produces it in a different way.

I guess to describe it in the theme of my other threads:

Scientists took a totally different virus that doesn’t hurt humans. They cut out most of the virus DNA until what was left was a mostly empty shell. (The virus is now basically us by the end of this godforsaken year.)

So you take this basically empty shell of a virus and you throw in the code to make the infamous asshole protein. So now you’ve got a toothless virus that can’t do shit to you except make asshole proteins.

It’s not even really a virus any more.

Remember that viruses work by getting into your cells, hijacking them, holding a gun to your cell & telling your cell to make more of it.

I talk more about it here:

Except this ‘virus’ now can’t do that. It gets into your cells and it tries to take ofer. Except it can’t. It’s like Elmer Fudd shooting his gun but all that comes out is the flag with “bang” on it.

It holds its gun to our cells & all that comes out is asshole protein.

So now you’ve got a bunch of asshole protein floating around and you already knows what happens then. It’s the same as the mRNA vaccines. Your body beats the shit out of them, remembers those assholes, & puts up wanted posters in case they come around again.

So does it work? Yes. Though the study that make out showed it “less” effective than the mRNA vaccines. 70% vs about 94%. BUT that’s still very helpful. They’re doing some more studies now to see if how you dose it makes a difference & it’s possible that 70% could be higher.

On the plus side, you don’t have to store it at crazy cold temperatures (because it’s not as fragile as little fragments of mRNA). And AstraZenica says they can produce a ‘ton’ of it. Plus, they’re committed to selling it WAY cheaper.

At the end of the day, all the positives of the mRNA vaccine targeting the asshole protein hold true for the AstraZenica vaccine. COVID needs this protein. The same protection against a lot (but not all) mutations apply.

Also, like the mRNA vaccines, you can’t get COVID from the AstraZenica vaccine. It doesn’t have the COVID in it. Just the code for the asshole protein in a sad, empty shell of a totally different virus.

The empty shell of a virus can’t really replicate itself. Without being able to do that, it can’t spread in your body or cause harm.

Oof. This thread has fewer RNA-DNA mistakes and more run-of-the-mill typos. You’d think I’d be reading these closer before posting them on a platform that doesn’t allow edits.