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It is about picking a safer and possibly better alternative costing a few weeks delay. In Denmark, at least among the people I talk to, there isn't much confid
by joakleaf 5y ago
It is about picking a safer and possibly better alternative costing a few weeks delay.
In Denmark, at least among the people I talk to, there isn't much confidence in AZ. The feeling is that Moderna or Pfizer are safer with higher protection (also against mutations).
So the common feeling here is really that the government would fail the population by using AZ instead of the (possibly better) alternatives.
- varispeed 5y agoIsn't this rather because AstraZeneca is sold at cost whereas other jabs are for profit? Then Google history of corruption of companies like Pfizer. I sound cynical, but I don't believe one bit that politicians are doing something out of their good will.
- hjek 5y agoAlso, like it or not, the anti-vax pro-corona[0] movement is relatively large here, so using a vaccine that has possible fatal side-effects may give momentum to that movement, even if using it could save lives from a utilitarian point of view. [0] One of their slogans is literally "Corona, yes please! The virus isn't dangerous." https://www.ooc.one/ https://www.ooc.one/