[quote trulydelicious]@ihearttc
This is just my view
To me, mRNA technology appears risky for people who already have one or several autoimmune diseases
with mRNA technology:
mRNA is injected into the body and enters cells, where it provides instructions to produce antigens. The cell then presents the antigens to the immune system, preparing the body to fight the disease
I have concerns regarding two aspects of this treatment:
1)If you have an autoimmune condition, the body is already misinterpreting instructions and is attacking itself. How do you ensure it will interpret correctly instructions provided by mRNA?
2)If your own body is asked to make the antigen rather than it being injected in the form of a dead virus for instance, how do you ensure that the 'antigen' that your body has produced will not signal your immune system to attack other parts of your body (i.e. giving you other autoimmune diseases)?
This is another thread on this topic with more opinions where I've posted
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4088231-Autoimmune-populations-and-the-vaccine?msgid=102034588#102034588[/quote]
2)If your own body is asked to make the antigen rather than it being injected in the form of a dead virus for instance, how do you ensure that the 'antigen' that your body has produced will not signal your immune system to attack other parts of your body (i.e. giving you other autoimmune diseases)?
Whether the vaccine uses mRNA (so your cells produce the antigen) or gives you the antigen makes no difference as the end result is you will have the antigen (identical in either method) in your bloodstream, and the immune system will produce a response against it. If that antigen looks similar to a "self" antigen, that's when you run the risk of having an autoimmune response. Note that if this was the case then being infected with coronavirus directly would give you the same autoimmune response anyway.