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Bleacher Creature

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7. That, plus the fact that the mRNA vaccines have been around since the '90s.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 30, 2021, 12:29 AM

Jul 2021

If not a little earlier because they were intended to be used against the AIDS virus. The problem is that AIDS mutates too fast.

COVID-19 presented the best opportunity to actually use those vaccines for the first time given how contagious it is and how widespread the pandemic became, but they're not new.

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Some Health Care Workers Choosing Not To Get Covid Vaccine - NBC News [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2021 #1

This got to me because of a conversation I had that I've posted about before on DU Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2021 #15

Any health care worker who won't get vaccinated needs to be fired. Bleacher Creature Jul 2021 #3

It makes no sense, what they said makes no sense Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #4

That, plus the fact that the mRNA vaccines have been around since the '90s. Bleacher Creature Jul 2021 #7

That is an excellent point, I need to remember that, and someone should point that out to the nurses Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #9

Yes! SheltieLover Jul 2021 #6

Agree..as a retired health care worker, I'd be damned before I'd work along side someone PortTack Jul 2021 #11

I know a nurse qazplm135 Jul 2021 #5

It makes no sense to me, either, since they are the most likely to be exposed Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #8

they need to find another line of work Skittles Jul 2021 #10

I Couldn't Believe What I Was Watching WHITT Jul 2021 #12

I couldn't believe it either. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #13

I agree with another poster LittleGirl Jul 2021 #14

Nearly all NC hospitals now requiring vaccination unc70 Jul 2021 #16

So they are OK with the Covid virus in their body? And spreading it to their patients? Wild blueberry Jul 2021 #17