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riversedge

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Fri Mar 14, 2025, 04:07 PM Mar 14

Covid Vaccines Have Paved the Way for Cancer Vaccines

Sorry but I have used my free articles. But looks to be interesting


João Medeiros Mar 13, 2025 4:00 AM


Covid Vaccines Have Paved the Way for Cancer Vaccines


The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients.
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https://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-lennard-lee-cancer-vaccines/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us



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Lennard Lee, a UK National Health Service oncologist and medical director at the Ellison Institute of Technology in Oxford, calls himself just a “simple doctor,” but he’s anything but. During the pandemic, he led clinical efforts that showed it was still safe to give cancer patients chemotherapy, disproving fears that the coronavirus made this too risky, helping to maintain cancer treatment worldwide. He also delivered UK research that showed lateral flow testing was effective in identifying the most infectious Covid patients.............................

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Covid Vaccines Have Paved the Way for Cancer Vaccines (Original Post) riversedge Mar 14 OP
Some Republican nimrod in the Iowa legislature introduced a bill rsdsharp Mar 14 #1

rsdsharp

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1. Some Republican nimrod in the Iowa legislature introduced a bill
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 05:15 PM
Mar 14

to make a misdemeanor to administer a mRNA vaccine in the state. it didn’t make it through the funnel, meaning it wasn’t voted out of committee by the required date, but it did get voted out of subcommittee by a 2-1 party line vote.

It’s supposed to be dead, but it can still be brought back to life until the clowns adjourn. I really don’t want to have to drive 2-2 1/2 hours to get a covid booster.

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