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Yes i read some interesting article aswell regarding mRNA vaccines, but from my understanting mRNA vaccine aren't yet tested in humans right? Only animals or am i mistaken?

EDIT: what my question is: is there another mRNA type vaccine out there fully developed (i'm not suggesting that they are bad!)?

EDIT2: Guys, i will never ask question again in here. Begin downvoted for a genuine question.

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Don't sweat the haters, always feel free to ask legitimate questions. They're the ones who have to look in the mirror and see a person who tries to keep people from learning.

They have already been tested on cancer patients, with some very promising results.

https://acir.org/weekly-digests/2020/august/rna-vaccine-for-...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201110102550.h...

Some of the patients would probably already be dead if it wasn't for RNA vaccines.

Yes, mRNA is pretty good and very promising (Moderna and BioNTech are mRNA based and they seems the most developed as for now)! My question was not asking if they are safe or not good (they have multiple points that make them probably the next big thing in vaccines and cancer treatments), i was asking if there are already mRNA vaccine type 100% developed and used as today.

I have found that sometimes it's necessary to say "this is an honest question, I honestly don't know the answer". Otherwise people infer a negative intent

These Covid ones aren't the first that have been tested and shown safe in humans, but I believe they will be the first to be approved for release.

BioNTech one is also a 95% succesfull and mRNA based.

You're probably being downvoted because this information is easily looked up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_vaccine

Thanks! Yes I should have googled it myself as you mentioned. Silly me!

You've probably already seen it, but this [0] has served me well. We're all here to learn!

[0] http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thank you! Never saw it, interesting read for sure. Have learned something from it!

Honestly, it seems a tad reckless to make the first attempt at vaccination with this method one that targets the entire world population.

Given the desperate times, it actually seems like an ideal time. Even if there is some unknown side-effect, it only has to be less worse than the current situation to still be a net benefit.

You say that now, but when you're part of a vast planet-wide meat computer transformed by the "vaccine" that aliens developed to turn us into their next-gen CPUs (5*10^11 neurons per sq. Kilometer!) ... Well, I'm guessing if that happened you'd feel a bit silly.

What if it's more worse? I don't think desperate times call for throwing caution to the wind. A fundamental principle of medicine is "First, do no harm."

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