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Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by ageitgey »

kgwxd wrote: post #29
ageitgey wrote: post #5

I was a vaccine trial participant and got injected 6 months ago. I'm still alive. AMA.

Do you know if you got the real thing?

I'm pretty sure I got the real thing, but they are still working on the trial unblinding procedure with the regulator.

They want to keep the trial running as long as possible to get longer-term data (understandable) but it is also potentially unethical to not tell someone if they got a placebo if they are at-risk and a known-good vaccine is otherwise available. I'm in the UK where they are already vaccinating thousands of people everyday with the Pfizer one, so I expect them to figure out the unblinding details very shortly.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by rob74 »

jkw wrote: post #49

I think there's a difference between: (a) I WILL WAIT because I don't trust it yet, and (b) I WILL WAIT because I want to let the more at-risk people to have access it to first That seems to be lost in the poll

Or (c) I will tell everyone that I'm waiting so that more at-risk people can have access it to first, but secretly I'll be happy others are field-testing it for me...

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Post by freehunter »

jkw wrote: post #49

I think there's a difference between: (a) I WILL WAIT because I don't trust it yet, and (b) I WILL WAIT because I want to let the more at-risk people to have access it to first That seems to be lost in the poll

I think the implication is, if it's available to you, the at-risk people have already had a chance to get it. At least that's what I've heard from the rollout strategy.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by derekp7 »

asutekku wrote: post #83
kylebenzle wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had Covid-19. As far as I know we still don't know if having it leads to immunity but wouldn't having it and recovering be "better" than a vaccine? If so, why get a vaccine for something you are immune to?

There has been people in several countries who have got Covid twice so having it does not equal immunity.

If your immune system failed to get trained by the virus, wouldn't that apply to the vaccine also?

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by DataSceince123 »

The vaccine should be given to BIPOC people first as pointed out by VOX [1] because they have a higher mortality rate from the disease. Once POC in at risk segments have received their dose then we can give it to others. Its interesting to consider the inequality outcome here, ie if we dont give it to POC first, and they cant return to the office when others can, then they will end up losing to office politics.

[1] https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/10/2/21493933/covid-...

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by _5yoy »

bognition wrote: post #12

I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why

I will take it after a year or two. The US did a great job at politicizing the virus such that I don't really trust that pharma companies actually did their due diligence with regard to testing and safety measures. I accept that doctors and scientists will take it under the guise of them "knowing it's safe", and I accept that lots of people will say "If they're doing it, you should too", but I think this strategy just generally ignores common sense. Doctors use and prescribe drugs all the time with unintended adverse side effects, the difference here is that those side effects are known and well studied. A vaccine that showed up to save the world (and also start a culture war in some countries)? I do not accept that the powers at be have verified this drug's safety.

I think that this vaccine is a choice, and once it's readily available it is still a choice. If you choose not to get it, you are accepting the possibility that you might get COVID and die. Once the vaccine becomes available to my age group and health demographic, the people that actually need it will have been given the option to make their choice as well.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by vmception »

asutekku wrote: post #77
nvahalik wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Edit: before you downvote, these are reasons I’ve read/heard. They do not represent my own views. 1. This is an mRNA vaccine and is the first of it's kind to be widely offered. This appears to be different than the rest of the vaccines out there for other illnesses. 2. There isn't a perceived benefit for many people: the vast majority of people won't get sick or be impacted in any way. 3. It apparently doesn't stop p…

And, of course the #1 reasons even in tech circles: ”BILL GATES IS GOING TO MICROCHIP AS ALL” or ”Covid is just a flu, it’s not going to affect me”

There are like 5 vaccines

Doesn't that concern ironically mean we should take the Russian one?

Bill Gates would only pollute the Moderna one, if those theories factored in geopolitics at all.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by Omnus »

h3cate wrote: post #88

I'm genuinely curious as to why people have so much faith in big pharma after the whole benzo crisis that's hit America. Weren't these same companies paying doctors to get people hooked on Xanax?

"So much faith"? People are just following the science. Are you really arguing that because one bad situation has occurred involving pharmaceutical companies, we should assume every new drug or treatment is bogus or based on evil motives?
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