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2022-01-03 12:57:48

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

I got my #booster shot, should be alright for a while.

#corona

corona

2022-01-03 13:04:41

Wilco Roos

wroos@diasp.org

We are also (both) boostered, my son will go tuesday, now lets hope one booster will be enough, as i am not overly fond of needle jabs. Not that this one is painful (other than a sore arm for a few days) just, the whole process that i find annoying and irritating.

2022-01-03 13:06:38

@hans
Great to hear it. I haven't got boosters yet since it has not been half a year since my second shot. I should get a booster since there are lots of news stated that two shots of Sinovac vaccines do not protect us well from the new variants of the virus.

2022-01-03 13:28:59

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

No, you don't get the choice here. At least, not up to now. There's a new one on the market, a traditional vector-vaccine, and I think you can choose that once it's ready. That could be a reason for people who don't trust mRNA-vaccines to get vaccinated anyway.

2022-01-03 14:26:42

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

I'm not an expert either, but for what I know there are 2 types of vaccines. The traditional one works by using dead parts of the actual virus, that the body can use as "training material". The mRNA version works by directly providing your cells the instructions to produce the antibodies.

It's mostly Pfizer and Moderna here. I think they stopped with AstraZeneca when there were a few cases of blood clotting.

2022-01-03 15:23:27

Witcraft (Hubzilla)

witcraft@hub.hubzilla.de

@Hans van Zijst

The mRNA version works by directly providing your cells the instructions to produce the antibodies.

AFAIU, instead of providing a deactivated virus or its harmless fingerprint, it provides the messenger RNA to build this fingerprint (only in the outer part of the cells), so for a short period of time, the cells pitch some clay pigeons for target practice to the immune system.

2022-01-03 15:52:56

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

@Witcraft

clay pigeons

Ah, so those are the "spike proteins" then. Thanks for clarifying.