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That's what long-term studies are for, but we've bypassed those for this vaccine. Just as a layman though, my instinct would be that something like a vaccine w

That's what long-term studies are for, but we've bypassed those for this vaccine. Just as a layman though, my instinct would be that something like a vaccine would have pretty short-lived side-effects. It's a single dose (or maybe two, depending) and it doesn't persist in the body for very long. Most drugs with bad long-term effects are ones that are taken on an ongoing basis.

randomluck040 6y ago
I think the issue wouldn’t be that the vaccine is in the body for a long time to damage something but that it damages something in a way in a short time frame that keeps damaging other things or starts going wrong.
astrognomy 6y ago
Hi throwawayboise, Boise resident and native myself for the record, the idea these bypassed needed studies is a complete fabrication. Please stop harming both of the communities we seem to share by spreading this nonsense.
- curryst 6y ago
  It's not a fabrication. These vaccines haven't even existed for a year; there is no possible way to do a long term study in under a year. Whether you feel like a long term study is needed is certainly up for debate, but none have actually been done.
  - feu 6y ago
    The idea that they have been "bypassed" is indeed a fabrication. That phrasing implies that long-term studies are usually carried out in vaccine trials and an exception was made for COVID-19 vaccines. That is not the case. Long-term studies are always carried out after a vaccine has already hit the market. It would be correct to say that no long-term studies have taken place, not that they have been "bypassed."
space_fountain 6y ago
What time frame would these long term studies normally be done over? My understanding is most of the acceleration came in the form of ramping up manufacturing early and moving to Phase III faster, but we're now 1 year out from when Pfizer started their first study and we've obviously been giving out ton of vaccines for a bit since then. We understand pretty well what sort of side-effects come from vaccines and they aren't invisible for this long

randomluck040 6y ago

I think the issue wouldn’t be that the vaccine is in the body for a long time to damage something but that it damages something in a way in a short time frame that keeps damaging other things or starts going wrong.

astrognomy 6y ago

Hi throwawayboise, Boise resident and native myself for the record, the idea these bypassed needed studies is a complete fabrication. Please stop harming both of the communities we seem to share by spreading this nonsense.

curryst 6y ago
It's not a fabrication. These vaccines haven't even existed for a year; there is no possible way to do a long term study in under a year. Whether you feel like a long term study is needed is certainly up for debate, but none have actually been done.
- feu 6y ago
  The idea that they have been "bypassed" is indeed a fabrication. That phrasing implies that long-term studies are usually carried out in vaccine trials and an exception was made for COVID-19 vaccines. That is not the case. Long-term studies are always carried out after a vaccine has already hit the market. It would be correct to say that no long-term studies have taken place, not that they have been "bypassed."

space_fountain 6y ago

What time frame would these long term studies normally be done over? My understanding is most of the acceleration came in the form of ramping up manufacturing early and moving to Phase III faster, but we're now 1 year out from when Pfizer started their first study and we've obviously been giving out ton of vaccines for a bit since then. We understand pretty well what sort of side-effects come from vaccines and they aren't invisible for this long