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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
Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
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Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#192I'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
Is this an American thing? If you didn't have efficacy testing you'd have the vaccine available in March probably?
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#193I answered No because I already had it, so I may be n/a? But if they still want me to take the vaccine, i will.
The recommendation is to get vaccinated even if you had it.
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#194I'm surprised to see such a high percentage of "NO" responses. I'm genuinely curious to understand why
Well, dunno if I should explain my reasoning but here goes... For the same reason I never got a rabies vaccine until having to work in close proximity with rabid animals. Up until that point, my chances of dying from rabies were pretty slim to none. Likewise, my chances of severe complications, death, or even experiencing any symptoms at all are slim to none. The at risk people around me will be likely vaccinated, so…
There are potential side effects, these side effects are potentially long term and severely debilitating and despite being a low risk, it's still a higher risk for me than experiencing anything terrible from covid.
It's not known with any kind of certainty which carries more risk of long term side effects. Or aggregate harm if you want to look at it that way.
The vaccines do seem to reduce risk of severe Covid, across age groups (One didn't have any severe disease in the vaccine group).
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#195Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#196Which one? By the time non-high risk groups get vaccinated there will be more versions available based on more traditional platforms. I would prefer a more traditional one than a highly experimental one like the mRNA ones.
I guess we will know more about the mRNA ones soon as the British has started large scale vaccinations.
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#197I'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.
Or a pretty good reason to click "I WILL WAIT"
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#198I 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
Also you might split up the "No" answer as "No, because I've already had COVID and recovered" vs. "No, I'm an anti-vaxxer" (or something).
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#199Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure why you would think a vaccine being managed by the government will be rolled out in a sane and consistent manner? edit As was correctly pointed out, I should mention I'm speaking purely about the US and not any other country.
because believe it or not some people live in countries where the government manages to do just that.
I have already watched wealthy people in Germany and France and China skip the queue.
Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?
#200Earlier quoted context omitted.
Show me one double blind efficacy study of any vaccine. It's never been done that I have seen. Edit: removed hyperbole
WTF? https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&biw=2326&...
Look up "efficacy" it has a specific medical meaning. Those tests are not about efficacy.
Scientific method require each person be equally exposed to the virus under strict lab conditions.