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Who would support a vaccine that does more damage than good? Its _not_ an unlikely scenario at all. Anti-science decisions should not be made based on irratio
by RobertRoberts 6y ago
Who would support a vaccine that does more damage than good?
Its _not_ an unlikely scenario at all.
Anti-science decisions should not be made based on irrational panic.
- riffraff 6y agothis is not anti-science, it's, as GP said, a calculated decision. It's not _impossible_ the vaccine does more damage than good, but it is _unlikely_, because we have some initial data and experience with previous similar things. This does not mean the vaccine is surely effective and without side effects, but it is not unreasonable to start deploying it because a ton of people are currently suffering because of the epidemic, and it can only get worse.
- RobertRoberts 6y agoIf saving lives was _really_ the goal, you would push for making tobacco illegal long before risky vaccines. Tobacco has already killed magnitudes more people than covid ever will.