ranco said:
Skepticism of a vaccine that was produced in record time is not a tin foil cap conspiracy. Although you can take this article with a grain of salt, since it was from CNN in September of this year when they were actively campaigning against trump, it does talk about how it would be a colossal mistake to rush a vaccine. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/health/eua-coronavirus-vaccine-history/index.html. Hopefully with better science and protocols these vaccines will not have the problems of prior rushed vaccines, but it will take some time to tell.
Of course, the approval process should be robust and complete.
The issues cited in the article are mostly old, and at least one involved a manufacturing problem not a vaccine problem. From what I've read, the first 2 vaccines are using tried and true ingredients, so there's lot of data and experience on them.
Medical, scientific and research knowledge has advanced significantly in recent decades.
I won't hesitate to get the vaccine, nor will anyone in my greater family.
While people can make their individual decisions, I think the risk of getting covid and getting really sick or dying is greater than imagined or possible risks of the vaccine. Also, 300,000 people have died in the US from covid, and way over a million worldwide, so there is significant and real risk of waiting.
""Unfortunately, due to that vaccine, and the fact that it was done so hastily, there were a few hundred cases of Guillain-Barre, although it's not definitive that they were linked," Kinch said."
