... and I told him, no. Then, he asked me if I was planning on getting it, and I said, no. To my way of thinking, this should have been the end of the conversation, but it wasn't. He then asks me what was stopping me from getting the vaccine. So, I started out easy with him and said, "Well, legally, this isn't even a vaccine." He agreed and went into the mRNA explanation. A little nervous laughter punctuated what he was saying. Then I mentioned how this was only given experimental approval from the FDA and not full approval. More nervous laughter and more agreement. I thought this would end the conversation, but he kept pressing me, which was beginning to annoy me. I assured him I had done my research and I didn't like what I had discovered. He wanted to know even more, so I dropped the MOAB on him. I told him I knew all about the NIH and Fauci working on gain of function research and then sending the experiment overseas to the Wuhan lab...and that I was aware of all of this LAST YEAR. Now, I got some very nervous laughter from the doctor.
And, just like that.....BOOM!....he immediately changed the subject.
Fun fact: MSG is naturally-occurring in many common foods.
https://msgdish.com/glutamate-foods-naturally-contain-msg/
Yes, but there is a difference in what is naturally occurring and extracted or synthesized equivalents.
It was originally extracted to make rotting food taste edible.
That said, as with most harmful stuff, in small quantities is not really an issue.
Actually, a chemical is a chemical, whether naturally-occurring or man-made. If you know the chemical formula as it occurs in nature, you can faithfully reproduce it. The real difference is, like you say, how much of it you ingest.
If you have a chemical naturally occurring in food, there's often something alongside it that neutralizes it to a degree. (Ex: eating a fruit gives the juice, but extract the juice and you don't get the fibres and other stuff so it makes a bigger sugar hit).
Also, if making a synthetic version of something natural, it might be missing aspects that the natural form has, or something extra. Which may or may not impact the body the same way.
That said, am so far from expert that I should be doing more listening than talking. Excuse the cynicism, but I had watched the original approval videos of GMO foods where because a GMO tomato looks like any other it should be treated like a tomato, not inspiring of confidence.
GMO is a whole different ballgame. Most, if not all of the time, you're taking genes from, say, something other than a tomato and genetically inserting it into the genome of the tomato. It becomes a "Frankentomato" at that point. You're messing with God's creation and you have no idea what the end results will really be.
This is totally different, however, from crossing two different types of tomatoes to create a hybrid. Hybrids can occur naturally in nature.