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> Having a major vaccine lead to serious issues puts all of vaccines into question, creating a far larger problem spanning time. Is pulling the vaccine (with m
by thelean12 6y ago
> Having a major vaccine lead to serious issues puts all of vaccines into question, creating a far larger problem spanning time.
Is pulling the vaccine (with minimal evidence that it's causing issues) worse? How many people are going to turn down the AZ vaccine now, even if there's not actually an issue?
- ineedasername 6y agoPeople turning it down would happen anyway once the reports started coming out. By withdrawing it pending more data, when (if) it comes back to market there will be increased confidence that it's been properly vetted. At least, more confidence than if it was left on the market as clotting reports continued to roll in. I don't think there's really a good answer here though. It's balancing human lives in the basis of imperfect data and predictions of human behavior.
- smoe 6y agoThe media stories would have come out either way. Some people are set to not take a vaccine, they will take whatever version of this story as an argument for their view point. It is not about them. But take someone like my father (76) as example. Not anti—vaccine at all, but a bit cautious and not in a hurry to get it. If there are stories from reputable news papers, that vaccine A causes X issue but government keeps giving them out, he would not take it. If on the other hand it got stopped, investigated and found to be harmless he would be open again. If based on the data it should be continued to be given out while investigation is ongoing, I don’t know. I think as with a lot of things about this pandemic and it’s handling in different countries it will maybe take years to have conclusive insights in hindsight what were the right decisions.