Comments by "Bob thebomb" (@bobthebomb1596) on "Neil Oliver: For the sake of freedom – yours and mine – I will cheerfully risk catching Covid-19" video.

I trust we will never see you in a doctors surgery then?
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Sod them you pass it on too though eh?
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@icarusfalls9315 Nope. Vaccines pre-empt your immune system so that it reacts more quickly when infected. You still catch it but your body destroys it before it has time to build up to dangerous levels. While it is in your system it still replicates, therefore you can still spread it. However, since your body is fighting it from day one, the number of replicated strands produced is very much lower and the likelihood of you infecting someone else is also much lower.
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@Darryl_Francis Aw, ickle flower is butt hurt.
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@williammiller567 No, but I studied Biology to A-level and Chemistry to degree level and viruses and vaccines were included in the course material.
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@icarusfalls9315 Where did you read that? The vaccine trains the body's immune system to recognise certain proteins associated with the virus and develop antibodies to counter it. That is why you often feel ill when vaccinated, it is your body reacting to a perceived infection. When/if you become infected with the actual virus, your immune system detects those proteins and reproduces the same antibodies. The difference is that your body recognises it is under attack and begins to fight back more quickly, therefore the number of cells infected and consequently the number of replicated viruses is reduced. Less new virus equates to less chance of transmission. Not zero, but far less.
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@genetranscends1662 The word you were searching for is drivel not dribble. It's not my fault if you choose to take a tinfoil hat approach to anything you do not understand.
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@genetranscends1662 Keep digging. It's a sad reflection on today's world when people like you refuse to understand the workings of a vaccine; something understood by the scientific community over two hundred years ago. We really are living in a modern age of Nero.
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@icarusfalls9315 Where did I say that a vaccine can stop you catching or transmitting a virus? It speeds up your body's response to an infection; thereby reducing the severity of the illness and the level of subsequent transmission. What happens if the virus mutates? Well the vaccines could well stop working and they will have to develop new ones. That is what happens with the flu and common cold. The same also applies to any natural or herd immunity gained from contracting and surviving a virus.
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@genetranscends1662 I know, it's incredible that someone living in the 21st century could fail to understand how a vaccine works and prefer instead to believe some conspiracy theorist on the web. But don't despair, there is still hope for you.
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@utube271258 Rubbish, go learn some science.
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What a pratt.
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