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>Other vaccines have been pulled from the market for safety reasons This isn't true at all. There has been 2 voluntary recalls due to manufacturing issues whic

by nojito 6y ago

>Other vaccines have been pulled from the market for safety reasons This isn't true at all. There has been 2 voluntary recalls due to manufacturing issues which not led to any health problems.

tuna-piano 6y ago
I don't believe that's an accurate statement. Problems have been rare, but not unheard of. A list here for the US (most of the listed vaccines on the page were later found not concerning): https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.... -The results of the investigations showed that RotaShield vaccine caused intussusception in some healthy infants younger than 12 months of age who normally would be at low risk for this condition... the manufacturer voluntarily withdrew RotaShield from the market in October 1999. -...that people who received the 1976 swine influenza vaccine had an increased risk for developing GBS . -And the very recent Dengue vaccine made by Sanofi, which was given to 700k people. "Sanofi had found evidence that the vaccine increases the risk of hospitalization and cytoplasmic leakage syndrome in children who had no prior exposure to dengue, regardless of age."[1][2] [1]https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/03/719037789/botched-vaccine-launch-has-deadly-repercussions https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/03/7190377... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengvaxia_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengvaxia_controversy
fy20 6y ago
It's worth thinking about how many more people will die without the vaccine as well. The RotaSheild vaccine had major side effects 1 or 2 out of 10000 people, that's better than the current estimate death rate of COVID-19.
- tuna-piano 6y ago
  Agree for short term effects, even for young people. Due to the trial size, I think we can be confident that if there are any short-term safety issues with this vaccine they are extremely rare. 1,769 people 25-34 have died of Covid this year. There are 23m people in that age range. .0077% have died. If the vaccine had an adverse effect at a similar rate as covid has killed young people, we'd expect it should have showed in the trials in 1-3 people.

by nojito 6y ago

>Other vaccines have been pulled from the market for safety reasons This isn't true at all. There has been 2 voluntary recalls due to manufacturing issues which not led to any health problems.

tuna-piano 6y ago

I don't believe that's an accurate statement. Problems have been rare, but not unheard of. A list here for the US (most of the listed vaccines on the page were later found not concerning): https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.... -The results of the investigations showed that RotaShield vaccine caused intussusception in some healthy infants younger than 12 months of age who normally would be at low risk for this condition... the manufacturer voluntarily withdrew RotaShield from the market in October 1999. -...that people who received the 1976 swine influenza vaccine had an increased risk for developing GBS . -And the very recent Dengue vaccine made by Sanofi, which was given to 700k people. "Sanofi had found evidence that the vaccine increases the risk of hospitalization and cytoplasmic leakage syndrome in children who had no prior exposure to dengue, regardless of age."[1][2] [1]https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/03/719037789/botched-vaccine-launch-has-deadly-repercussions https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/05/03/7190377... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengvaxia_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengvaxia_controversy

fy20 6y ago

It's worth thinking about how many more people will die without the vaccine as well. The RotaSheild vaccine had major side effects 1 or 2 out of 10000 people, that's better than the current estimate death rate of COVID-19.

tuna-piano 6y ago
Agree for short term effects, even for young people. Due to the trial size, I think we can be confident that if there are any short-term safety issues with this vaccine they are extremely rare. 1,769 people 25-34 have died of Covid this year. There are 23m people in that age range. .0077% have died. If the vaccine had an adverse effect at a similar rate as covid has killed young people, we'd expect it should have showed in the trials in 1-3 people.