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How did sinovac develop an inactivated vaccine faster than the the new rna vaccines?

How did sinovac develop an inactivated vaccine faster than the the new rna vaccines?


How did sinovac develop an inactivated vaccine faster than the the new rna vaccines?

Posted: 21 Feb 2021 02:37 AM PST

If one of the main advantages of rna/vector vaccines is faster rollout how did sinovac develop a traditional inactivated vaccine faster or at least almost the same rate?

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Does the way in which the milk teeth are removed from the mouth affect the way in reach the adult teeth develop?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 07:27 PM PST

Why is it hard to pull a magnet off a metal surface but so effortless to slide it across the surface?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 06:56 PM PST

Playing with my name tag and it got stuck to my pen holder. I wasn't able to pull it off but it easily slid off. I don't get why a magnet doesn't pull back to the original position when sliding.

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Will the Bird Flu in Russia become another pandemic?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 02:35 PM PST

https://globalnews.ca/news/7652671/russia-bird-flu/

Could this become another, but even worse, pandemic? (H5N8 bird flu)

Some people on r/worldnews seem to think this will be really bad.

I know there's not much information known, but is there a possibility that this could be bad?

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What makes a virus more virulent?

Posted: 21 Feb 2021 06:04 AM PST

It's commonly been explained to me that "the virus itself does not harm you, your body's immune response is what causes the actual harm to your body." But that doesn't strike me as correct. Some viruses are obviously more harmful than others. Is it really just "our body's reaction" to certain viruses that hurts us? Or is there actually something in the virus's genetic code that makes them more virulent and harmful.

Also can the virus cause damage just by cell replication and cell death it directly causes? Isn't this destroying tissues and causing direct physical harm?

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How are we testing for SARS-CoV2 mutations? Do all test we do include testing for mutations?

Posted: 21 Feb 2021 06:58 AM PST

How exactly are such small particles (I.e. API’s in vaccine/medication production) handled and studied in labs? Like, how are they physically manipulated/controlled so that they could be isolated and studied on such a microscopic scale?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 07:56 PM PST

Why are there no “Great lakes” in Europe?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 12:29 PM PST

As I understand, the Great Lakes were formed after the last Ice Age by ice. Northern Europe and Siberia both were under ice on the same glaciation, but why are there no great lakes in Eurasia? Did they get filled somehow or did they never exist at all?

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Why is there such a high disparity between the number of first and second doses for the COVID-vaccine in the UK?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 08:10 PM PST

I was under the impression you have to get your second shot about 14 days after the first round of vaccination.

According to the UK governments' website the number of first doses administered is about 17 million while only about 0.6 million people have gotten their second dose.

What's up with that? Are these 17 million people still immunized?

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How does the astrazeneca vaccine work?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 12:50 PM PST

So I'm going to be taking the vaccine tomorrow and would like to know how this vaccine works, I've read online that the delivery method is through a non-replicating adenovirus which is found in a type of virus found in monkeys. As this is the first vaccine using this technology I'd like to know more about this vaccine as I'm wondering if there's any complications that can arise. For instant, could it be possible that in the future that people who took the vaccine months after still possess the DNA that was injected into them.

Another thing, how does the injected cell die? Does it die on it own or dies the immune system target and kill the vaccinated cell that manufactures the spike protein? If this is the case then it would suggest that this vaccine is completely safe to be administered right? that the vaccine can't potentially let's say keep duplicating the host cell? I've been reading posts that suggest that this vaccine can increase cancer risks or potentially cause long term problems but I'd like to understand the vaccine first and understand how it works. I'll be taking the vaccine regardless but I want to put these questions to rest.

Further questions: if the cells divide will the spike protein DNA be passed to the daughter cell?

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can a 0% mortality virus or bacteria exist?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 11:39 AM PST

Hi, I know our body is full of bacterias, but do you think if a 0% mortality virus or bacteria woyld appear and this virus or bacteria would be highly contagious, we would be able to detect it. Would it be actually possible?

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Can having one virus (such as herpes, for example) make you immune from another virus (such as Covid-19)?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 11:06 AM PST

How will Perseverance attain purchase for lift off when Mars has no air?

Posted: 21 Feb 2021 04:20 AM PST

When did stars like our sun start to form in the universe?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 07:37 PM PST

How many infections/deaths can be caused by a single super-spreader covid event?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 06:58 PM PST

Is there any sort of Mathematica equation to describe how how many deaths or infections were caused by a single event? For example, a 25 person party held last November would have caused how many deaths?

Thanks!

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Can someone plainly explain how claims that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines can promote prions be refuted?

Posted: 20 Feb 2021 07:24 AM PST

While on the topic, what about claims that it can cause pathogenic priming or immune enhancement? I believe they cited older and controversial papers, but I still want to understand the science behind why they are not popular or taken serious. Here is the source that was cited https://scivisionpub.com/pdfs/covid19-rna-based-vaccines-and-the-risk-of-prion-disease-1503.pdf

Some context: I am hoping for the answers to help others who are scared too, as I am absolutely NOT anti vax but just worried.

I did the thing you're not meant to do and dive into an online rabbit hole right after getting my first vaccine. I'm currently in a country where the Pfizer jab is showing robust data that it is working well, but I can't stop coming across those claims online that scare me and my family (even though I'm trying to remain rational and to follow what most experts are saying). Thanks!

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Why did variolation causes lower mortality rate than natural small pox infection ?

Posted: 19 Feb 2021 11:31 PM PST

In either case the virus is infectious and not attenuated or modified. However very simple practice of variolation reduced the mortality rate to around 2% from 25% in natural infection.

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