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Vaccines can be delivered through the skin using ultrasound. This method doesn’t damage the skin and eliminates the need for painful needles. To create a needle-free vaccine, Darcy Dunn-Lawless at the University of Oxford and his colleagues mixed vaccine molecules with tiny, cup-shaped proteins. They then applied liquid mixture to the skin of mice and exposed it to ultrasound – like that used for sonograms – for about a minute and a half.

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[–] Starkstruck@lemmy.world 166 points 11 months ago (6 children)

While this is awesome, I can already imagine anti-vaxxers are now deathly afraid of ultrasounds lol

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Brace yourselves! Vaccination with sound conspiracies coming in!

“The IRS called, they vaccinated me trough my phone in my ear!!?”

“Mass vaccinations trough radio!!?”

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As much as I hate fucking mobile alerts, they already thought the last test was some magical bullshit.

[–] thoughts3rased@sopuli.xyz 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ya see that one where someone's landlord went loopy and cut power to their building because he'd consumed a bunch of conspiracy nut stuff?

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago

I didn't but I'm not surprised. I feel like this mystical thinking is rooted in our acceptance of religion to some extent.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

This will just be their proof of the 5G-Covid link.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] veloxization@yiffit.net 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They push the vaccine through your skin with 5G!

[–] cluelessafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I know you are joking, but I suspect that many people would swallow this idea while without any thought whatsoever.

Yes, we live in an age of uncritical thought.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They were already terrified of phone signals.

Only fast ones though. Slower ones can't penetrate the skin.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hilariously enough, it's closer to the other way 'round. Higher frequencies means more bandwidth but they can be blocked easier. Lower frequencies can go farther before being attenuated too much.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

One of my friend's friends has a PhD in psychology, but she thinks that nuclear radiation has healing properties and told me to move out of NYC because there was too much 5G everywhere. She still uses a smartphone though, just on a selfie stick on speakerphone 🤣 She also told me that she was afraid of the radio in her car because of the radio waves.

[–] MuffinHeeler@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She could at least use wired headphones. Or is it one simple trick to stop people from calling you?

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

She's just a bit out there, there is no logic in her actions.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

That's fucking amazing.

[–] 0000011110110111i@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She thinks that nuclear radiation has healing properties

In a way she’s actually not wrong. That’s what radiotherapy is. Focused nuclear radiation to heal cancer.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She doesn't have cancer though, she's perfectly healthy and is an "alternative medicine practitioner". She said she sleeps with a piece of thorium under her pillow.

Regardless of it being used for cancer treatment, nuclear radiation isn't good for the body in any way. Various forms of radiation (not just nuclear) are harmful, like getting too much sun.

[–] 0000011110110111i@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

she sleeps with a piece of thorium under her pillow.

Yikes!

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I'm convinced that she's just nuts. My friend, who is her friend (how I met this woman), told me that the woman has started "Urine Therapy" and I just said "Jesus fucking Christ... I... I just have nothing to say" because I didn't wanna get into a debate with him about it.

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When they'll hear about it they'll make ultrasound themselves)

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Translating" they are gonna freak out and scream their pants out

[–] Syndic@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wanna bet that they will somehow combine this with 5G conspiracies?

"It's all just a wave after all!!!!!!" ^/s^

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

That's just what I said above, this will be their "proof" of the 5G-Covid link.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Idk, anti vaxxers aren't afraid of needles/syringes as far as I understand. They don't want that kind of substance to be put inside their body, regardless of the method of administration

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's too bad we can't put vaccines in cum. We'd either have nearly 100% vaccine rates or the antivaxxers would quickly die out.

[–] And009@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How bout tweaking vasectomies

[–] teuast@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

hey babe, let's rawdog, i jizz pfizer

[–] And009@reddthat.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Great work happiness, with every dose also comes a redose every 60 days. How many patients can you handle

[–] teuast@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

when shagging for my country, no sacrifice is too great

[–] CareHare@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

This is low key Genius.

[–] eronth@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, yes, but a lot of them also think it's a conspiracy where world leaders are trying to vaccinate everyone because ??? Those types will start avoiding ultrasound to not get tricked into getting vaccinated.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

The best part is "depopulation by helping people stay healthy" e.g. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

[–] teuast@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

that's the joke