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THREAD: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

The mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 cause the body to create the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, triggering creation of an anti-spike antibody that will attack/disable the virus upon future infection.

This is how it’s supposed to work.

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And it sounds good.

But there are at least two serious problems (sources at end of thread).

1 - The anti-spike antibody also can cause acute lung injury.

2 - The spike protein alone may be a source of severe non-respiratory system/organ damage.

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In other words, the mRNA vaccine is SUPPOSED to cause the body to create these two molecules (the anti-spike antibody and the spike protein),

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yet one of them (the anti-spike antibody) is known to cause acute lung damage and the other (the spike protein) may be the cause of other severe problems.

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I am not a biologist or doctor, but I know some biology and I can read.

If anyone sees this who is a biologist or doctor and can explain why what I have said here is incorrect or not really a problem, PLEASE do explain it.

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Sources:

How mRNA vaccines work
umassmed.edu/news/news-arch…

Anti-spike antibody can cause acute lung injury (NOTE: Paper is from 2019, so this has been known since before the mRNA vaccines were approved)
insight.jci.org/articles/view/…

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Spike protein alone may be a source of non-respiratory system damage

regulations.gov/document/FDA-2…

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Possible good news for those what have already taken the vaccine: An already-approved drug (fostamatinib) may counteract the anti-spike antibody - see end of this source

biorxiv.org/content/biorxi…

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