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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 2422 | | number = 2422 | ||
− | | date = February | + | | date = February 9, 2021 |
| title = Vaccine Ordering | | title = Vaccine Ordering | ||
− | | image = vaccine_ordering | + | | image = vaccine_ordering.png |
| titletext = You know what they say: mRNA-1273 before tozinameran, you'll have to slay a banshee in a catamaran. | | titletext = You know what they say: mRNA-1273 before tozinameran, you'll have to slay a banshee in a catamaran. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by the RULER OF SMYRNA. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | Megan is reading an article on her phone to Cueball. A report from the CDC says it's possible to get effective immunity against COVID-19 when taking two different mRNA vaccines (but this should not be the norm). The report in question can be viewed [https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/clinical-considerations.html here]. It stresses that mixing the vaccines is acceptable only in exceptional circumstances, "like when the first-dose vaccine product cannot be determined." | |
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− | Megan is reading an article on her phone to Cueball. A report from the | ||
− | Cueball wonders whether the order in which you receive the vaccines matters. | + | Cueball wonders whether the order in which you receive the vaccines matters. The two of them then attempt to create mnemonic devices to help them remember which mix-and-match strategy is best (i.e., "Beer before wine and you'll feel fine; wine before beer and you'll feel queer"). Megan succeeds in rhyming Pfizer/wiser, but Cueball struggles with Moderna, settling for {{w|Smyrna}}, an ancient city located in what is now Turkey. |
− | + | Studies have shown that the order that you have alcoholic drinks doesn't affect the severity of the hangover. The efficacy of mixing vaccines is presently unknown, which is a major part of why mixing them is discouraged. | |
− | + | ==Trivia== | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | Megan and Cueball are talking. Megan is refering to a news story on her phone. | |
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− | + | Megan: The CDC says it's okay to mix and match the mRNA vaccines for doses 1 and 2, but only in exceptional circumstances. | |
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+ | Cueball: I wonder which order works better, if either. | ||
− | + | Megan: Well you know what they say — Moderna before Pfizer, you'll be none the wiser. Pfziser before Moderna then you'll….rule ancient Symrna. | |
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− | + | Cueball: Weird side effect. | |
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− | + | Megan: A lot of hard-to-rhyme drugs have those. | |
− | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
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