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While I appreciate having healthy doubt, I'm concerned with the amount of people who would say "no" if they were offered a vaccine. Everyone has been eagerly w
by vuciv1 6y ago
While I appreciate having healthy doubt, I'm concerned with the amount of people who would say "no" if they were offered a vaccine.
Everyone has been eagerly waiting for a vaccine, but now that it's here, most people don't want it?
- h_anna_h 6y agoMost that were eager will probably go on to use it. I suspect that some were eager so that others would vaccinate and that they themselves would be protected due to "herd immunity" but I doubt that there are many of them. I personally was eager for an open source vaccine, not any vaccine at all. Saying that everyone has been eagerly waiting for a vaccine is not very accurate, after all there are also the antivax people and these that simply do not care.
- MauranKilom 6y agoSerious question: What do you consider an "open source" vaccine? To what degree do the current vaccines not fulfill this? What specific concerns are the result of this difference, beyond principles?
- h_anna_h 6y agoI would say that for a vaccine to be open source there should be exact instructions on how to create it along with a justification for each step, it should list the exact contents of the vaccine (preservatives, etc), as well as any genetic code included (along with a justification for each part of it). In addition it should be legal for someone to create their own vaccines by following said instructions. The part regarding legality of making your own copies would help with the vaccination of poor regions such as africa, while transparency could be used by researchers in order to find ways to improve it, or to create new vaccines for other viruses, or for students to learn more about it. In addition it would increase the trust of the general public for the vaccine.