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Often its defined as someone who has an innate and perhaps confused distrust of government, or public health regulations and see the two as a threat to their rights, even to their deaths. And that a mandate for said vaccine or vaccination would abridge their freedom of speech or religion. Which was always folly since one can walk just about anywhere or walk into anything without a mask - even in 2020.
It was always an interesting dichotomy really. In a capitalist economy - those same corporations would offer mandates to employees, only for the same pro free market supporters to decry those mandates as un-American.
But back to the point - Rodgers is a loon. He's anti-sunscreen, doesn't believe in 9/11, thinks dolphin sex sounds are soothing, There's so much more. He passes himself off as an intellectual (he's woke in the other direction), but he really does wear tinfoil under that helmet.
That definition is poor. The definition should be simple. Someone who is anti-vax opposes vaccination. Period.
Someone who is against mandates of experimental mRNA covid vaccines is not anti-vax. Please stop mixing this up. It seems to be done on purpose by those who are pro mRNA covid vaccines and their mandates.
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine was a conventional protein-based vaccine. Safer and more proven than the vaccines used to fight and defeat infectious disease for a century. Vaccines 99.9% of anti-vaxxers have already had throughout their lives. No one was forced to take an mRNA vaccine. That is a straight up lie and obfuscation.
The J&J vaccine was not a conventional protein vaccine. Where did you hear that covid vaccine misinformation?
Look it up.
https://www.vcuhealth.org/news/covid-19/johnson-and-johnson-vaccine-how-is-it-different
Again, you've been lied to by people who know nothing about science or are spreading blatant lies for political purposes. You need a better source of information than Q or Infowars.
Do you see the word protein anywhere in your link?
It is a DNA Vaccine delivered by an adenovirus. It is not traditional. That is misleading writing intended to sell product and get shots in arms. Please stop being so smug and confident in a topic you apparently know little about. This is the same vaccine whose trials were paused because a woman in that small sample size was temporarily paralyzed by the vaccine. You need to educate yourself. Shame on you for insulting me saying I am getting my info from Qanon and Infowars.
You claimed it was an mRNA vaccine,
Portions (proteins) of inert (incomplete) viruses are conventional vaccines. Your immune system develops antibodies against the specific proteins of the virus. That is how vaccines work.
mRNA vaccines use mRNA to produce the proteins in your body, then your immune system develops antibodies against the proteins.
Again, the J&J vacinne was not an mRNA vaccine. You were wrong and your sources were wrong, otherwise you are just lying. I think it is better to just admit you were wrong.
Wow, you are digging deeper in your ineptitude. You fell hook, worm, and sinker for vaccine misinformation. First of all, ai never ever said the j&j DNA vaccine was an mRNA vaccine. Secondly, DNA vaccines delivered by adenovirus is a new technology. You might as well argue that mRNA vaccines are traditional because they are delivered by a needle. You are lost here. I hope you find yourself before you resort to more lying to try to win an argument.
All viruses are either RNA or DNA, which in turn is made up of proteins. A virus is able to replicate inside a host. During an infection your body develops antibodies to the proteins of the virus. Traditional vaccines are portions (proteins) of virus which are inert, they cannot replicate because they are incomplete. Your body develops antibodies to the proteins and therefore antibodies to the virus. The J&J vaccine uses an inert virus (DNA, cluch my pearls!) that contains a portion of the same spike protein of the SARS-2 virus. It cannot replicate in you. It is inert. A larger amount of material needs to be in the vaccine to produce the immune response. Your body reacts with an immune response directly to the vaccine. Like it does to the proteins in pollen when you have "hay fever."
mRNA vaccines use mRNA to produce the characteristic proteins of the virus in your body similar to the way a virus replicates (though a virus produces viruses which in turn produce viruses exponentially). Each mRNA molecule in the vaccine produces only proteins, not more mRNA. Your body develops immunity to the proteins. They had a long history of testing but had never been used before on such a large scale. Caution was understandable but they have proven to be very safe. Much safer than contracting COVID which killed millions of people.
I thought you said you took the vaccine? Why are you arguing this nonsense?
Please just Google, "What is a DNA vaccine?' if you actually want to know the difference between a DNA vaccine, which similar to mRNA, contain a genetic code that creates a protein which in turn stimulates an immune response, and an actual protein vaccine. We can move on to your other ramblings once you look it up and can at least admit that you are 100% wrong here.
The J&J vaccine used a virus with genes removed so it cannot replicate. It was inert. It was less effective than the mRNA vaccines and more expensive to produce. It is now gone from the market. Novavax replaced it as the inert virus based vaccine. Were/are you OK with Novavax?
And Google on "DNA Vaccines" results in:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_vaccine"In August 2021, Indian authorities gave emergency approval to ZyCoV-D. Developed by Cadila Healthcare, it is the first DNA vaccine against COVID-19."
The J&j vaccine was introduced before that, in February of 2021. It was NOT a DNA vaccine. Neither is the Novavax vaccine. It was not as effective as the mRNA vaccines, but it was always an option.
Here is a more recent article from June of 2023:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10302025/Again. DNA vaccines show a lot of promise but they are still in development. The J&J COVID vaccine was not a DNA vaccine.