I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why
There are a lot of half-wits, especially in tech, who think reflexive contrarianism is a sure sign of intelligence and wisdom.
Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
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#152I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why
Right now its 310 YES to 39 NO. From what I've been reading in the (fake?) news, surveys and polls in the USA, I'm actually surprised to see so many yeses.
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#153I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why
A series of questions/answers I've had with doctors and nurses and quite a few intelligent and educated people. (PhD's, MD's and RN's included) Q: Does all medicine go through a rigorous efficacy testing that is certified by the FDA? A: Yes. Q: Do vaccines? A: No. Q: Why? A: It would be unethical. This is surprising to people who don't know how vaccines are made. edit: removed hyperbole
Yeah, none of that is true. See today's news about pressure on the FDA to certify the vaccine.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you don't know whether you're immune but do know that the vaccine works on most people, the vaccine seems a good bet.
Again, has there EVER been a case where a vaccine is somehow MORE effective than getting and recovering from a virus? I ask because the answer seems so obvious, of course not.
Yes, and it's not exceedingly rare https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-cent...
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#155Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#156I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why
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?
I’m in the same boat. I had it and it was super mild so I already...
- have very likely immunity or at least a much better response the next time
- despite having been exposed to it the first time having had super mild symptoms so I don’t need protection from a non threat
- coronaviruses mutate a lot slower and people who had sars-cov-1 still had a t-cell immunity even 10 years after their infection and there is little reason to believe that sars-cov-2 couldn’t be similar
Given that I won’t be offered the vaccine for a long time I luckily don’t have to decide and know that I won’t have it at least until enough production testing was done.
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#157I'll take it as soon as I have access to it. I'm ok even with the Oxford/AstraZeneca one. I'd be ok even with the Russian one (I live in the US, so there's pretty much zero chance this would become available here).
If it's available from private clinics for hundreds of dollars before it's available for free, I wouldn't take it. I'll wait until my turn comes for the free vaccine.
PS: I fully trust the FDA. Once they give their authorization, I have no hesitations to take the vaccine. It goes without saying that I wouldn't take the Oxford/AstraZeneca or any other vaccine if it hasn't received the FDA EUA.
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#158Yes, definitely as soon as I'm able. I won't be in the first batch since I'm not in the medical field. I think the majority of issues will be worked out by that point. I don't plan to change my behavior much until we reach herd immunity, but it will be nice not to have to worry as much about getting the disease.
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
A series of questions/answers I've had with doctors and nurses and quite a few intelligent and educated people. (PhD's, MD's and RN's included) Q: Does all medicine go through a rigorous efficacy testing that is certified by the FDA? A: Yes. Q: Do vaccines? A: No. Q: Why? A: It would be unethical. This is surprising to people who don't know how vaccines are made. edit: removed hyperbole
Yeah, none of that is true. See today's news about pressure on the FDA to certify the vaccine.
Show me one double blind efficacy study of any vaccine.
It's never been done that I have seen.
Edit: removed hyperbole
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#160I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why
Pregnant women or women who are planning on becoming pregnant should not have it according to UK government guidelines. That’s a pretty good reason to click NO.