All the ferrets died. Ok maybe not all but does that make it ok?

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In 2012 a set of studies was done on mRNA in a Ferret model. Ferrets were injected with a mRNA platform (thats right, a "platform"). And some subsequently died when exposed to the wild virus form.

*great logo above un-credited as I have no idea who created it. Sorry.

Reuters does such a wonderful job of "fact-checking". I mean just read it.

VERDICT
False. Animals vaccinated in the 2012 study referred to in this video did not die when exposed to a live virus and the research did not involve mRNA vaccines, according to the lead author of the study referenced.

However, Tseng, said the vaccines they had studied in the 2012 paper and the mRNA technology used in the COVID-19 vaccines are “very different vaccine platforms.”

Oh? so they interviewed the doctor, who ran the tests where some ferrets DID suffer a immunopathologic-type lung disease induced by use of a Virus Like Particle vaccine. But he insists it's a completely different mRNA platform, but of course does not explain how its different and of course Reuters just kinda leaves it hanging there.

Now, a real journalist would go on to ask:

Which platform was used?
VLP - virus like particle; similar to what was used in HPV, anyone remember Gardasil outrage?
How does it differ from the current set of mRNA gene-therapies
Well, turns out its very closely related. It even says it in the name "Virus Like Particle" like an artificially generated spike protein that is virus like.
Even nature agrees VLP is pretty much the same as mRNA https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-00392-7
What steps were taken to test that the NEW platform being used does not suffer the same result.
Oh none, or at least none that can be found with this referencing.
To what degree are the lungs affected and in what proportion of the relatively small test group? If the same effect is induced by the current set of injections then this next winter will not be good for the vaccinated.
Where is the video of this alleged conversation with Dr Tseng?
Come come Reuters, you actually expect us just to accept you on "your word".

Of course asking journalists to actually be journalists and not mouth pieces for propaganda rags is too much these days.

Don't read any further citizen, this section is "wrong-think".

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/82773812.pdf

Severe immunosuppression is a hallmark of Morbillivirus infections. To study the underlying mechanisms, we have developed a ferret model of canine distemper virus infection. The model reproduces all clinical signs of measles, but the lack of ferret-specific reagents has limited the characterization of the cellular immune response. Towards this, we cloned ferret cytokines and established semi-quantitative real-time PCR assays. To demonstrate the utility of these assays we compared the cytokine profiles elicited by lethal and non-lethal strains during the prodromal phase. We observed a general lack of cytokine induction in animals that later succumbed to the disease, whereas survivors mounted a robust and sustained response. The newly developed cytokine assays strengthen and expand the ferret model not only for Morbillivirus pathogenesis studies but also for several other human respiratory viruses including influenza and SARS.

SARS vaccine linked to liver damage in ferret study

(CIDRAP News) Researchers in Canada who found hepatitis in ferrets after injecting the animals with an experimental vaccine for SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) are urging caution as other investigators develop and test SARS vaccines.