vanDerVaartBlackenedRanch [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoIs a vaccine escape for measles a possibility?message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareIs a vaccine escape for measles a possibility?vanDerVaartBlackenedRanch [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoWell, in MY school it was (RNA vs DNA viruses and their “virulence”. And how vaccines work). Just like Geography and World History. 🤷♂️
minus-squarered_giant [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoYeah and measles is an RNA virus. RNA viruses are the ones that typically mutate more rapidly, more easily escape immunity, which is why measles not being able to escape immunity is a pretty fair question imo, with an interesting answer that isn’t exactly intuitive.
minus-squareSocialistVibes01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoOK, fair enough. This time I don’t get to bash gen Alphas, lol.
Well, in MY school it was (RNA vs DNA viruses and their “virulence”. And how vaccines work). Just like Geography and World History. 🤷♂️
Yeah and measles is an RNA virus.
RNA viruses are the ones that typically mutate more rapidly, more easily escape immunity, which is why measles not being able to escape immunity is a pretty fair question imo, with an interesting answer that isn’t exactly intuitive.
OK, fair enough. This time I don’t get to bash gen Alphas, lol.