the technology has been around for a while breh
mRNA is the framework technology.
this is the first time that it has been licensed for use in humans.
separate the framework from the payload. the idea is that you can switch in different payloads depending on what you want to protect against.
the payload (their SARS II spike protein based RNA) is entirely 2020 new.
the widespread use of mRNA on humans is entirely 2020 new.
people are not talking about the genesis of the technology, they are talking about its new use as a vaccine in-vivo with payload SARS II in humans.
another similarly engineered technology is CRISPR. CRISPR is also not new but it will be considered a new watershed event should it ever be licensed for use in humans.
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when they speak of a "new Porsche" they say that despite 1. Porsches having being around for > 50 years and 2. Most components having been around in other cars.
they do this because the
total configuration of the new car is
substantially different from previously released instances even though it may be fundamentally based on pre-existing tech.
that "new configuration" then has to be tested and licensed before it is released to the general public for use on public roads.
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if Porsche produced a car that used nuclear fuel, because it would be massively different from preceding models in fundamental ways, the general public would expect more circumspection during the release process. Yeah nuclear fuel wouldn't be new, nuclear power wouldn't be new, cars wouldn't be new but the configuration of all 3 in one vehicle would be.
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