Learned today that the Pfizer vac is the only one that

[MOMFUDSKI]

keeps replicating antibodies so is expected to offer more lasting protection. Went for a stress/echo test and the tech has a nerd buddy that called him to relay this info to him. He had the Pfizer as did I so we were happy together over this news. Just wanted to pass this info on.

[Chautauquas]

1. The tech has a nerd buddy?

and based on that we're to believe the Pfizer is the only one that provides lasting protection? I think I'll wait for more reliable sources before I believe this.

[MOMFUDSKI]

6. Why the snarliness?

Just passing on some info from someone in the medical field. Do with it what you may. Or did you get the J and feel robbed? Jeesh

[LisaL]

23. Pfizer vaccine is quickly degraded once it enters the body (so is Moderna).

It doesn't enter the nucleus and is not incorporated into the genome. Thus it's not going to be "replicating antibodies" long term.

[BlueLucy]

17. I've read the same thing. Pfizer seems to be the best.

[napi21]

2. That must be why when the nurse at the Dr. office asked if I'd gotten my vaccination. I said yes,

and she asked which one. I answered Pfizer & she said "Oh good."

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Moderna or Pfizer may've gotten the same response ... J&J has lower effectiveness than other two

So I wouldn't read TOO much into that bit of anecdotal evidence

[LisaL]

9. All three vaccines presumably would have gotten the same response from a nurse.

I can't envision a nurse saying "too bad" to any of the vaccines, LOL.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

12. Fair enough :) nt

[Hortensis]

4. Good if true, but not to worry for the other vaccines. We can always

get boosters should they be necessary, and in the meantime Covid has spread among billions around the planet who still have no access to any vaccine.

By chance Pfizer was the one I got. But after the initial feeling of relief and freedom I'm still masking, disinfecting hands, and the rest because 1) Pfizer's probably not as effective against what they're now calling the "delta" variant from India (which is here in GA), 2 and 3) I'm both high risk and immune suppressed to begin with, lessening efficacy to an unknown degree, and 4) in my area of north GA the vaccination rate may still be as low as 20% or below.

Oh, well. Truck on.

[LisaL]

5. Sounds like one of the silly rumors one can find on facebook.

The only one that keeps replicating antibodies? What does that even mean?
Someone's nerd buddy is hardly a reputable source. Pardon me while I go and stick a key to my foreahead.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

21. No kidding.

Good grief.

[48656c6c6f20]

7. Hmm. I'll need to grab my phone

That is magnetically attached to my forehead and check that out

[Skittles]

19. they act as if a magnetic forehead would be a bad thing

you know, like they did with taco trucks

[scipan]

8. Uh, both mRNA vaccines tell our cells to replicate spike

Protein. Saying the vaccine "replicates antibodies" is really wrong and I would be very skeptical about what that nerd said.

[Disaffected]

10. If said cells keep chugging out spike protein,

would that not prompt the immune system to keep producing antibodies against it?

[LisaL]

11. mRNA vaccine itself is quickly degraded. That happens with both Pfizer and Moderna.

In fact Pfizer is less stable than Moderna, at least before being injected into the body (thus requiring colder storage temperatures).
So how would the cells keep "chugging out" spike protein, given that vaccines are quickly degraded, and once degraded, spike protein is no longer being made.

[Disaffected]

13. I didn't say they did,

I said if they did. And if they vaccine degrades rapidly, then yeah, the OP claim is likely questionable.

As well I suspect if the claim were true, we would have heard of it by now from more reliable sources...

[I_UndergroundPanther]

14. I got Moderna

Wonder if it has similar effects?

[caraher]

15. Pfizer and Moderna are built on the same kind of mRNA technology

I wouldn't put much stock in this anecdote - the two should have broadly similar effects.

[Silent3]

16. Pfizer also has the electrolytes plants crave n/t

[I_UndergroundPanther]

18. Bwahaha..

[Xolodno]

20. I heard the Moderna....

...also includes THC extract and corrects erectile dysfunction.


Oh shit, just realized if push the latter, republicans would get the shot. On second thought, nah.

[greenjar_01]

22. I heard from a guy who heard from a guy

This is the state of STEM education today.

We long ago stopped believing that we could educate a broad public in advanced philosophy or mathematics, but we still somehow believe that we can spread "scientific literacy." Maybe it's time we review the assumptions there. Of course, it's very "elitist" to say that publics can't learn science as a rule. But maybe that doesn't make it untrue. We've had at least 60 years of a concerted campaign of public science. We get anti-vaxxers, flat earthers, this stuff. Maybe it's not possible.

[obamanut2012]

24. Oh boy

[USALiberal]

25. Link?? Proof?? Nt

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Info To Be Taken With A Billion Grains of Salt

I have my doubts that there's any major difference between Pfizer & Moderna.

[USALiberal]

27. Link to proof??? nt