School immunizations

[knieft]

It may be that viruses, like most all microbes, are beneficial. The viruses we hear about, the ones that have been studied because they are associated with disorders, may well be in the minority. Yet viruses are most often talked about in terms of invaders, high jackers, etc.

We have “landing ports” on our cells for viruses. The idea that viral transfer is a way to distribute useful dna much faster among a population than natural selection sounds pretty silly in the current gestalt, but something similar may turn out as the paradigm in the future. Or not.

Indeed, my understanding of much of genetic engineering is that the virus (dna splice) is introduced via the landing port on the cell (injected, so to speak, into the viral carrier which mimics the old school modules that landed on the moon ). RNA adds a whole nother level to the intracasies but the end result may be the same.

Nevertheless, I enjoy the “I never got vaccinated and never got the flu” vs “I have not gotten the flu since I got vaccinated”.

Stupid Truth, always resisting Simplicity...

Cheers,
Kirt