Vaccines are a tool. I think we need honest exploration into how often they can be legitimately useful, as even when they aren't filled with bad things they still might not be the best tool for a job, but yes, vaccines are a great tool to have in our toolbelt.
As for these particular vaccines, the nanoparticle used in the delivery of the mRNA (not the mRNA itself, but the carrier mechanism) is potentially useful. Similar technology has been used to good effect in other diseases. The way this one is used I am very much not a fan of. It does not have cell specific targeting molecules which means it can (and will) go into any cell type. This is I believe the main cause of many of the more severe adverse reactions (heart attacks, paralysis, strokes, aneurism, etc.). However, the idea of using lipid nanoparticles like these has great merit in targeted medicine.
The fact that they are using mRNA is imo not a good idea. It may be useful in some situations, but as a vaccine, designed to elicit an autoimmune response in any random cell type is, quite frankly, completely idiotic. With a little tweaking, and a whole lot more experimentation, perhaps it could be useful.
A much better vaccine would be a real vaccine, where they create the viral body (sans the DNA or RNA inside it) and use those otherwise dead viruses to induce an immune response.
So in short, yes they are a tool. The pieces that make them up are also tools. I think overall these vaccines are improperly (perhaps evilly) created and used on several levels. But many parts of them, and even the idea of them are not bad at all, but have the potential to do much good.
Vaccines are a tool. I think we need honest exploration into how often they can be legitimately useful, as even when they aren't filled with bad things they still might not be the best tool for a job, but yes, vaccines are a great tool to have in our toolbelt.
As for these particular vaccines, the nanoparticle used in the delivery of the mRNA (not the mRNA itself, but the carrier mechanism) is potentially useful. Similar technology has been used to good effect in other diseases. The way this one is used I am very much not a fan of. It does not have cell specific targeting molecules which means it can (and will) go into any cell type. This is I believe the main cause of many of the more severe adverse reactions (heart attacks, paralysis, strokes, aneurism, etc.). However, the idea of using lipid nanoparticles like these has great merit in targeted medicine.
The fact that they are using mRNA is imo not a good idea. It may be useful in some situations, but as a vaccine, designed to elicit an autoimmune response in any random cell type is, quite frankly, completely idiotic. With a little tweaking, and a whole lot more experimentation, perhaps it could be useful.
A much better vaccine would be a real vaccine, where they create the viral body (sans the DNA or RNA inside it) and use those otherwise dead viruses to induce an immune response.
So in short, yes they are a tool. The pieces that make them up are also tools. I think overall these vaccines are improperly (perhaps evilly) created and used on several levels. But many parts of them, and even the idea of them are not bad at all, but have the potential to do much good.