Went to @Craft_NewYork last night and as somebody who probably fits into the “foodie” category. They exceeded all expectations. Also, the lady I went with is pretty cool too
The mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna) are kind of brilliant at a science level. I’ve had a few people in my real non-Twitter life ask me to explain how it works so I’m going to try my best here in this thread while I’m waiting for a patient to show.
[Random loose mRNA lying around in a deltoid]
Nobody:
Ribosome: let me go ahead and transcribe this
Macrophage: Yo, check out this cool spike I found
T-cell: wtf is that? Get rid of it. Where’s Bob?
B-cell: yes?
T-cell: If it ever shows up here again...
B-cell: yes mam
I think everyone could use a lighthearted/happy story right now so here goes:
At the beginning of the pandemic I went through some painful personal stuff and would often go out at night for long walks because no one was around and I couldn’t sleep anyway. One night I was walking