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Jan. 1st, 2021 10:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hungryghosts(I shared this on Discord originally, but thought I'd put this here to have a less ephemeral record.)
I found a series of tweets with information about the COVID vaccine. They're pretty dense on science language, but they might be useful as a starting place for discussion if you find yourselves easing fears and convincing folks to get the vaccine. (Or just want some information in the flurry of Everything right now.)
Comparison of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines (tl;dr they're both safe and highly effective): https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1339647131519492109
Debunking the idea that the vaccines were "rushed" (tl;dr they went out quickly because of tech and funding that wasn't accessible before, not because steps were skipped): https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1339939943628550144
About the new COVID variant (tl;dr vaccines still work on it and biologically COVID does not mutate as quickly as the flu, so we won't need to make a new vaccine for a while): https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1341020656025088000
About allergic reactions to the vaccine (tl;dr it's most likely due to a substance used to protect the vaccine from damage while it's in your body, which is also used in many other medications like ultrasound gel and Tylenol, worth considering but it's not new): https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1340679426854547457
I found a series of tweets with information about the COVID vaccine. They're pretty dense on science language, but they might be useful as a starting place for discussion if you find yourselves easing fears and convincing folks to get the vaccine. (Or just want some information in the flurry of Everything right now.)
Comparison of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines (tl;dr they're both safe and highly effective): https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1339647131519492109
Debunking the idea that the vaccines were "rushed" (tl;dr they went out quickly because of tech and funding that wasn't accessible before, not because steps were skipped): https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1339939943628550144
About the new COVID variant (tl;dr vaccines still work on it and biologically COVID does not mutate as quickly as the flu, so we won't need to make a new vaccine for a while): https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1341020656025088000
About allergic reactions to the vaccine (tl;dr it's most likely due to a substance used to protect the vaccine from damage while it's in your body, which is also used in many other medications like ultrasound gel and Tylenol, worth considering but it's not new): https://twitter.com/sailorrooscout/status/1340679426854547457
