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Michael Mina

@michaelmina_lab

Epidemiologist, Immunologist, Pathologist, MD,PhD. Vaccines, immunity, Infectious disease, tests, public health. Previously Harvard Faculty. CSO, CMO. DM’s Open

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If you take 1000 people with zero acquired immunity (no exposures/no vaccines) and compare outcomes of a new infection vs people vaccinated a year ago w an old vaccine…

Those people w no acquired immunity will be much much worse off given an infection

The old vax protects

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Soon, any lab will be able to synthesize their own DNA molecules

So too will ppl at home, much like how 3D printers are much more accessible

Great for innovation
Terrifying for biosecurity

Will be very tough to keep checks to prevent “homemade” viruses

science.org/content/articl…

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Careful using ChatGPT and assuming you are writing something original w an AI assistant (I know - that itself is controversial)

Take a look at the remarkable similarity between OpenAIs response to a prompt and the NYT article it was clearly “lifted” from

Hard to defend this…

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The evidence of a cause and effect relationship between autoimmunity to an Epstein-Barr virus protein and the risk of developing multiple sclerosis has gotten stronger
cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
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The evidence of a cause and effect relationship between autoimmunity to an Epstein-Barr virus protein and the risk of developing multiple sclerosis has gotten stronger cell.com/cell/fulltext/… cell.com/cell/fulltext/…
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