QueerAsInFUN

QueerAsInFUN t1_j495jdv wrote

Reply to comment by luv-it in Cancer vaccines are showing promise. Here’s how they work. by nastratin

Are you always this much of a ray of sunshine? I read what you said. I understood what you said.

mRNA has been studied for its potential in cancer treatment, not cure. Your right, it doesn’t cure cancer, but the hope is that it will do the same thing it did with the COVID vaccine: train your body to recognize and fight tumour cells. It might be the one good thing that might have come out of this pandemic is the mRNA technology expedited, allowing now for research to be expanded on how it can be used as a therapy.

Of course, sure there’s no money in the cure, but I also don’t live in a country where I have to pay for insulin. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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QueerAsInFUN t1_j48kwtf wrote

Reply to comment by luv-it in Cancer vaccines are showing promise. Here’s how they work. by nastratin

Vaccines are not cures and have never been described as such. The tetanus shot doesn’t cure tetanus. The HPV vaccine doesn’t cure HPV. The flu shot doesn’t cure influenza.

There’s no cure for cancer, but imagine having a treatment option for cancer less invasive than chemotherapy. The improvement to quality of life alone is worth it.

If people keep confusing the actual purpose of vaccines as a cure and not as a measure to prevent illness and hospitalization then they’re basically a self fulfilling prophecy.

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