They’re Trying to Turn Your Food Into mRNA Vaccines Now! Viral Antigen Version Already on Testing Phase!

Just what I was hoping for – vaccine food.

What amazing things science is doing these days.

It all seems completely normal and totally sane.

CTV News:

Given the option, would you rather get vaccinated by taking a shot in the arm or eating a bowl of vegetables?

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) are currently studying whether they can turn edible plants, such as lettuce and spinach, into mRNA vaccines people can grow themselves.

The research project has three goals: to show that DNA containing mRNA vaccines can be successfully integrated into plant cells; to demonstrate that plants can replicate enough mRNA to rival current injection methods; and to determine the correct dosage.

“Ideally, a single plant would produce enough mRNA to vaccinate a single person,” Juan Pablo Giraldo, lead researcher and associate professor in UCR’s Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, said in a news release.

“We are testing this approach with spinach and lettuce and have long-term goals of people growing it in their own gardens,” he added. “Farmers could also eventually grow entire fields of it.”


Similar research into an edible COVID-19 vaccine is also being conducted close to home.

A team of scientists led by Allyson MacLean, an assistant professor in the University of Ottawa’s Department of Biology, have been working on an alternative means of immunization against the virus for more than a year now.

Their method involves the expression of viral antigens in edible plants, including lettuce and spinach, which people would then eat. Testing of the vaccine has already begun as part of a partnership with The Ottawa Hospital.

Only a matter of time before they start testing the mRNA version.

If the UCR research project is successful, not only could it make edible mRNA vaccines possible, but also create an mRNA vaccine able to be stored at room temperature.

The research project is being backed by a US$500,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Eating food bought in the city may soon mean getting vaxed.

Breathing air may soon mean getting vaxed, too.

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Chances are they’re also going to turn bugs into mRNA vaccines.

If you want to remain unvaxed, you should start working on the ventilation system of your bunker.