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Thread #167504 Message #4084758
Posted By: Steve Shaw
23-Dec-20 - 05:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19
Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19
"mRNA being short for 'synthetic messenger RNA."'
No it isn't. mRNA stands for messenger RNA. Your article tries hard, but at the end of the day it's a popular science piece, and it contains a fair number of daft analogies. At least, it avoids scaremongering, unlike a couple of our correspondents here.