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Who said anything about administering the vaccines before they are tested? Governments and philanthropists are pouring money into vaccine production to have dos
by lern_too_spel 6y ago
Who said anything about administering the vaccines before they are tested? Governments and philanthropists are pouring money into vaccine production to have doses ready immediately in case the tests go well. If the tests don't go well, they will not be administered.
- kalleboo 6y agoYou won't learn about long-term side effects in 6 months of testing. The accelerated testing should still make them safe enough to administer to the risk groups where the risk of catching the virus is higher than the risk of the vaccine.
- dragontamer 6y agoThe #1 group who needs the vaccine more than anyone else is a group of young, extremely healthy, low-risk individuals. Paramedics, nurses, doctors. The "front-line" to the COVID19. Even before the "at risk" population gets the vaccine, nurses and doctors (who will be treating the at-risk population) need to first be immunized... otherwise the nurses/doctors risk spreading the virus to the at-risk population. Fauci was very careful to say that this isn't any decision he will make on the matter. But it is extremely likely that nurses / doctors will get the first dose of vaccines.
- whatshisface 6y agoHow can you decide who is at what risk from the vaccine with only an accelerated test?
- sroussey 6y agoNo one is testing at-risk groups. Early trials are with health young people. You don’t put sick 80yo people into early trials, even these accelerated ones.
- enjo 6y agoEvery phase three trial is testing at risk groups.
- sroussey 6y agoNot many of those happening yet. And no results yet.
- lern_too_spel 6y agoThere are 6 vaccines undergoing phase 3 trials at the moment. There are no results yet because this is the final stage.