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The history of rushed vaccines is not good. The first attempt at a polio vaccine was rushed through with inadequate safety measures and resulted in 40,000 child
by jdsully 7y ago
The history of rushed vaccines is not good. The first attempt at a polio vaccine was rushed through with inadequate safety measures and resulted in 40,000 children getting sick, some with permanent paralysis.
There are good reasons vaccines take years to be approved. I’m very worried we’ll see a repeat of historical mistakes in the current rush.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutter_Laboratories#The_Cutter_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutter_Laboratories#The_Cutt...
- Jommi 7y agoNot to mention the social stigma if the 1st attempt goes wrong, potentially reducing people's inclination to get the vaccine.
- danieltillett 7y agoNo that it matters, but it wasn’t a safety issue with the vaccine, but a manufacturing issue. The vaccine was perfectly safe, it just wasn’t manufactured to the correct specification.
- jdsully 7y agoThe method of manufacture is part of the FDA approval
- danieltillett 7y agoYes it is, but if it isn’t followed then you can’t blame the vaccine. Many other companies made the same vaccine using the same processes without issue. The Salk vaccine is very safe if manufactured to specification.