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"I think what we have is a universal vaccine against diverse respiratory threats," Pulendran said.

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[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Stanford has a constant habit of lying in press releases. Don’t bother reading what they publish until someone else reproduces their work.

[-] Abundance114@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

With three doses, the mice remained protected from SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses for at least three months.

Big pharma whips out their calculator, their eyes grow larger and larger as they excitedly do the math.

[-] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, please. We've been absolutely rocked by the recent plague circulating around schools

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

How can a nasal spray protect against bullets?

[-] NoDignity@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe the spray has PCP in it so you just don't care about being shot.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

You are assuming they are American.

[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Americans aren't too picky about who they shoot

As a fun science experiment, try popping a balloon at your local mall

[-] venusaur@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago

Intentionally spread a new variant of a virus to create demand for a new vaccine because nobody cares about COVID anymore? I’d believe it.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Evolution will happen whether we want it or not and new strains will appear from time to time, just like we've seen with every virus ever known.

But if you still think that's what happened, we'd love to see your evidence of this new strain being man-made.

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Tell Kennedy it has cocaine and it'll get approved

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

A composition of cocaine, roadkill, raw milk and sewage water and he's sold.

[-] iatenine@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Alright

grabs shovel

[-] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

the nasal spray vaccine supercharges the lungs’ own immune defenses, keeping them on high alert for months

I can see this working against bacteria and viruses but how does it block allergens? Isn't an overly strong immune reaction how they start to begin with?

[-] Cellari@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've probably heard this one before

[-] zabadoh@ani.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

Conspiracy theory that it turns you gay/gives you cancer/makes you a pod person coming in 3, 2, 1....

[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm withholding any opinion until I hear from the head of the FDA who has surely been using the US government's teams of hundreds of scientists to get the best Gold standard science on this technology

The only thing the FDA needs to hear is that this will make a lot of money for the shareholders.

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

What is RFK Jr stance on it? 🤣

[-] shrewbacca@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

“It’s good if it goes up the nose.”

[-] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago
[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

it turns you gay

And that would be bad why?

[-] AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

well, my girlfriend would be a bit upset

...and I'd DEFINITELY need new clothes

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Dunno, ask Alex Jones, he's the one peddling it as bad even though there's reason to think he's a bisexual swinger.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, if you don't want to be, that'd be kind of a bummer. I wouldn't know though...

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oddly enough, I have a strong feeling this will get marginally more support and a warmer reception than injectable vaccines.

Source: I've argued with dozens of people about vaccines in real life, and 90% of them were JUST scared of needles and injections and just built giant palaces of rationalization that consumed their whole lives to validate that fear. You know who doesn't give a shit about vaccines even if they're conservative? Diabetics who have to inject insulin every day.

[-] nulluser@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

It drove me nuts in the early days of the COVID vaccine and some study came out showing that a lot of the people against the vaccine were really just afraid of needles, but had a good chance to get their courage up if the news media would just stop plastering pictures of needles in every story about the vaccine. So, what did the news media do? They just kept right on throwing pictures of needles on every story.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

This is an interesting notion I hadn't considered at all, you may be on to something there.

[-] Zirconium@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago
[-] matdave@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

Ad some Ozempic and I'm sold

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Ow! Muh freedoms!

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