Or get vaccinated and stick it to the man!
Shouldn't that be "get vaccinated and stick it in the man (or lady)"
Well I'm a heart transplant patient and the head of cardiology of St Vincent's is my personal cardiologist for the last 9 years. We had a zoom meeting yesterday and explained exactly how it works.
It temporarily "teaches" your mRNA how to react to the virus. Once this happens it leaves the body. Your DNA doesn't get touched at all.
He is an Orthodox Christian like me and knew I'm only worried about that side of it so he took his time to explain it properly.
He cleared me for Pfizer yesterday as St Vincent's and the Dr Victor Chang Institute conducted their own research for us. Pfizer is for under 60 transplant and AZ is for over 60s.
That's a really good explanation.
Consider your auto immune system are police officers, and the mRNA vaccine is a police informant.
The mRNA vaccines just say "hey auto immune system, theres this shady Covid guy hanging around peoples places, and this is what he looks like... if you see him, restrain/arrest him immediately".
The spike proteins are absorbed into the body and cannot exist/survive outside their individual cells (no shedding), and break down over 24-48 hours. So they deliver the message, and then die off.
When you think about it, it's a remarkably smart way to do things, and its why they are looking at similar technologies to deliver customised medication for other diseases the same way.