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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    As I am understanding it, the synth cannot manipulate itself. It's locked in. The virus on the other hand can do whatever it wants. Meaning, it can mutate completely around the synthetic's limited scope. To combat that, you are stating "they" can manipulate the vaccine". To play catch up with the actual virus?

    That sounds like a LOT of shots to keep up with a mutating virus. Where does that end? Or does it?
    How many different flu shots are there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Black Diamond View Post
    How many different flu shots are there?
    One that I am aware of. For those who get one, you get it at the start of flu season, once a year.

    For the purposes of today's political climate, it is completely voluntary, and nobody gives a crap whether you get one of not. Except the US Navy. The US Navy makes sure that no matter where you are (trying to hide), all Marines and Sailors get theirs
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    One that I am aware of. For those who get one, you get it at the start of flu season, once a year.

    For the purposes of today's political climate, it is completely voluntary, and nobody gives a crap whether you get one of not. Except the US Navy. The US Navy makes sure that no matter where you are (trying to hide), all Marines and Sailors get theirs
    A different one every year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    A different one every year.
    In perspective: think a different one with every variant re: covid
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    As I am understanding it, the synth cannot manipulate itself. It's locked in. The virus on the other hand can do whatever it wants. Meaning, it can mutate completely around the synthetic's limited scope. To combat that, you are stating "they" can manipulate the vaccine". To play catch up with the actual virus?

    That sounds like a LOT of shots to keep up with a mutating virus. Where does that end? Or does it?
    I don't think any vaccine can manipulate itself so it's not really different in that respect. But "they," the sciencey people, can manipulate the mRNA vaccine more quickly than they would be able to do with a traditional vaccine. From what I understand the vaccine has been surprisingly resilient against the new variants but I'd imagine that there's a limit to how far it could go.

    Quote Originally Posted by Black Diamond View Post
    How many different flu shots are there?
    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    In perspective: think a different one with every variant re: covid
    A new one every year but they create it based on what is happening in South America??? and a prediction on what the flu will actually be in any given year. Apparently the new flu virus comes from a combination of the flu floating around in pig, bird, and people populations and can combine very easily in different permutations. The advantage with covid is that we have the actual gene sequencing to work with from which to design the vaccine. Not so much with the yearly flu variants. That's what a virologist friend of mine who happens to work at the CDC was trying to explain so discount whatever I just typed based on my memory from 3 weeks ago.
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