> there should have been a damn good reason to pull it even temporarily And the damn good reason was that there's a bunch of people out there who don't want to

> there should have been a damn good reason to pull it even temporarily And the damn good reason was that there's a bunch of people out there who don't want to take the vaccine for political reasons. And there's a smaller amount of people who don't want to take the vaccine because they're uninteresting in taking a new vaccine. They're looking for reasons to validate their fears. If you just keep pushing the vaccine even though a bad thing happened to a small number of people, then there will be people who use this as an excuse to avoid all of the vaccines completely. Take down the vaccine and make a bunch of lab coats spend a hectic two weeks double checking some figures and people will feel listened to and they'll have less arguments to not get the vaccine. The vaccine that you're taking is as safe as it can be. After all when we saw a problem we did something about it. This is 100% about optics and PR AND that's 100% necessary right now in order to get the job done. > I lay the blame primarily on anti-vaxxers Don't even talk about anti-vaxxers right now. The only thing bringing up anti-vaxxers will do is grow that movement. The people who don't want the covid vaccine are not anti-vaxxers. They get the flu vaccine and they get their children vaccines. They're only afraid of the new covid vaccine. They don't like anti-vaxxers any more than you do, BUT if you call them that then some of them are going to decide they might as well join the anti-vaxxer movement. These are two groups of people who I do not want to join forces. Covid hasn't exactly been a fun time, but I'm really not interested in seeing polio and friends come back. Have rational debates, quit the name calling, go the extra mile to convince people who don't like your position to do something for the greater good. Otherwise, we're not going to see enough vaccinations to make a difference.