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Universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergens

161 pointsby phony-accountyesterday at 10:33 PM61 commentsview on HN

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mcdeltattoday at 3:13 AM

What intrigued me the most is why their vaccine reduces allergic reactions too. If the allergic reaction is an immune response, why does administering the vaccine which increases immune response result in a decreased allergic reaction? I'd expect the opposite.

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torgoguysyesterday at 10:49 PM

I don't know much about this, but wouldn't the description of this imply you're stimulating the body to be in an a long-term situation that would be commonly viewed as unpleasant (inflamed, maybe nasal drainage, that type of thing) with the positive tradeoff that you get fewer actual infections?

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Horatius77today at 12:17 AM

Appears that it is trying to stimulate broad immunity .. instead of any one specific virus/disease. Artificial and overstimulation of our immune systems long-term can't be healthy. Definitely a tradeoff here.

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deepriverfishtoday at 1:06 AM

as someone with chronic nasal allergies, would this work for me?

ChrisArchitecttoday at 1:38 AM

3 weeks old story;

Some discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47080267

dune-aspenyesterday at 11:07 PM

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dennis_jeeves2yesterday at 10:56 PM

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ajmayesterday at 10:46 PM

In mice

snitzryesterday at 10:54 PM

Good news! Also, AI thumbnail defies all physical laws.

SilentM68today at 12:26 AM

I'd rather see permanent cures vs the need for repeated jabs: https://diedsuddenlynews.substack.com/p/declassified-cia-doc...

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algoth1today at 1:32 AM

Or you could just take vitamin D