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Covid-19 mRNA vaccines could help boost the immune system to fight off cancer, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The study looked at the clinical outcomes for over 1,000 patients with late-stage melanoma or lung cancer who were treated with a form of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint inhibitors.

The findings showed that “patients who received either the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy were more than twice as likely to be alive after three years compared with those who didn't receive either vaccine.”

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[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

But my cousin who didnt graduate high school told me he did the research and everyone who took the mRNA vaccine is dead.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to argue, but sometimes I look around at the world and think I must be in hell.

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

no no no it went like this.

  • first COVID vaccines are connected to 5G celluar towers
  • then COVID vaccines caused blood clots
  • now COVID vaccines cause super cancer.

im waiting to get all three.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 points 5 days ago

I talked to a bunch of people who 100% believed that everyone who took the vaccines is gonna die by november in 2021. They proudly told me that in November of 2021

[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wouldn't know, I died right after I got the jab.

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

i, for one, welcome the 5G connection.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, he's right, I died 5 times.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago

Good thing we cut funding.

It's going to be like when Bush shut down stem cell research for no goddamn reason, and we missed out on a decade of research.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

fascinating

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While those undergoing cancer treatment are more susceptible to contracting viruses like Covid-19, the extended lifespan was attributed to the mRNA in the vaccine, which appeared to “help the immune system respond better to the cutting-edge cancer treatment,” according to The Associated Press.

Has anyone read about this further? I'm curious how they determined it was the mRNA and not the covid immunity. It sounds cool.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Here is the study.

This was such a complex study, if I'm reading it correctly. Ultimately they ruled out other parts of the vaccine to find what was causing the immune response "reset", and found it was only the mRNA that was eliciting the response.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you so much for the link and explanation! Just reading the abstract tells me it'll take a while for me to read through it and get it, so I wanted to make sure to thank you now, haha.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

There is an old theory as to why viral infections benefit animals, the idea that an activated immune response was protective against other events. mRNA vaccines give the same benefit, without the viral pathology.

The unethical human experimentation is currently being carried out in Red states.

[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I bet they'll they take those shots without bitching.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We'll see. I bet some will need a great deal of convincing. I would not be surprised to see doctors or other staff playing down or not mentioning the association with "the jab".

The vaccine "skeptics" (LOL, vaccine denialists are not skeptics), that do end up taking these won't exactly broadcast that they "took the jab".

That would involve them having to admit to others that they were WRONG. And they cannot even admit that to themselves.

Also, they might fear being ostracized by their antivaxxer compatriots, since being worried about being around the vaxxed because of "shedding" was, and probably still is, a thing among complete dumbasses. Also, being "pure bloods", WTAF.

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I HAVE TO WEAR A MASK WAHHHHHHHHHH