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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 s1artibartfast »

GuardianCaveman wrote: post #364
s1artibartfast wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why did you specify western?

“ Russia approved the vaccine after trying it on several dozen subjects in a non-blind study and ahead of Phase 3 trials, which are key to establish its safety and efficacy, drawing skepticism from the international community and accusations it could have jumped the gun for political gains.”

It's not clear what you are quoting, but there are vaccines besides the russian one. For example there is also the Chinese CoronaVac.

I think there are completely reasonable reasons for people to consider these vaccines as well. Some have larger phase III trials, and some are tested in different demographics. for example, Arabs might be more comfortable with trials that were run with predominantly arab participants.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by awakeasleep »

raaxe wrote: post #467
Akronymus wrote: post #463

I WILL refuse it if they try and make it mandatory, no matter the consequences. Because of it being untested and me thinking this will be used as a test run to see what the government can force on us. If they make it voluntary, I will wait, because of me being suspicious of long term consequences.

Vaccines are far from untested.

The same societies that manufacture and test vaccines are those that stand to benefit from successful vaccines...

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by dmix »

notatoad wrote: post #470
nostromo wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No need to worry about who should go first. They will be rolling it out based on need. When it's available to you, go get it.

this is exactly it. based on my demographic, i'm going to be one of the last in line. I'm not going to be trying to jump ahead in that line because i'm not an asshole and i know other people need it more than I do. but also I'm a little bit of an asshole, so i'm kind of reassured to know that hundreds of millions of people will have gotten it before me, and if there are any issues there will have been plenty of time…

The other half of it, for the early days at least, is the fear of lining up with hundreds of people who are more likely to be high risk people. Putting yourself in higher risk.

My pharmacy does COVID testing but only if you show no symptoms. The gov health networks tell symptomatic people to be tested in hospital set up centers. But high risk people are still high risk people, whether they are showing symptoms or not.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by choward »

devmunchies wrote: post #331
bognition wrote: post #12

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

maybe they're environmentalists? seems like a deadly virus is good for global warming and habitat extinction. any other reasons?

That's an interesting take. There are a lot of negative affects caused by covid too. Disposable masks, boxes for shipping, social distancing means you need to build more so people are spaced out, public transit is inefficient since everyone is, etc.

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Post by thelean12 »

Anon4Now wrote: post #413
bsder wrote: post #387

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Um, you do know that alcohol is something that pregnant women should avoid? Will you quit drinking alcohol?

Not the same. According to a former Pfizer employee, there is a ~70% risk that it could cause sterility in women. At this point (a) I don't know if this guy's a whack job or (b) whether he was implying permanent or temporary sterility. All I know is that I wouldn't want my daughter to take it until there's more certainty about the risk factors.

This is misinformation: http://reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-covid-vaccine-causin...

Honestly this whole poll post should be shut down. The amount of misinformation being shared is astounding.

Re: Poll: Will you take the Covid vaccine?

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Post by notJim »

_5yoy wrote: post #96
nostromo wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No need to worry about who should go first. They will be rolling it out based on need. When it's available to you, go get it.

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.

If you're in the US, you can look at the federal planning as well as the plans for your state most likely. From what I've seen, they look pretty reasonable.
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