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I don't see the problem, except for manufactured outrage and fueling such. All current vaccines for COVID-19 are in experimental phase. They've been tested eno
by loopz 5y ago
I don't see the problem, except for manufactured outrage and fueling such.
All current vaccines for COVID-19 are in experimental phase. They've been tested enough to be deemed safe enough. AstraZenica/Jansen was found to have rare cases of deadly side-effects, so many countries banned it. Other countries decided that it is safe enough compared to continued lockdowns or outbreaks. The new methods of making vaccines means it is very similar to the virus itself, but without causing viral outbreak. So by experts they are deemed to be much safer than catching the virus, which everybody eventually will - vaccinated or not. The relatively short time do have concerns that there might be side-effects that haven't been found yet, but medical authorities have in a distributed manner accepted the risks in all countries.
It's good to ask questions, but the questions should be made in good faith and based on concrete findings and facts, not based on unjustified distrust. Maybe some authorities deserve that, but states are made up by the people, and the people must fix that themselves.
This discussion thread is just all over the place, to shift blame rather than own up to a difficult situation.
There should be no automatic acceptance of experimental vaccines, but there are processes and concerns that have already been settled for this one. All medicine carry potential of severe and deadly side-effects, so testing, continued monitoring and scaling of usage is of paramount importance, also for trust in vaccine programs.
There's just no perfect solution at hand, and the crisis is ongoing.
- saiya-jin 5y agoNot that I disagree with your arguments per se, but look how many times you used 'should'. It should, we should etc. Well, world isn't some theoretical ideal piece about how the world should be, humans are not as they should be, and these things are so much apart that its kind of pointless to be such idealist. Because proposed solutions will not work as intended, or at all.
- loopz 5y agoI used "should" two places, both hypotheticals. Of course people will see the same situation in different perspectives, so perhaps any call for reason and leniency is made in vain.
- howaboutnope 5y ago> based on unjustified distrust. Maybe some authorities deserve that, but states are made up by the people, and the people must fix that themselves. It's disenfranchisement that even allows organizations like the CIA to do some of the things they do without fear of punishment. Pulling back completely is the last resort, not the first thing anyone ever tried. Also, it's up to Americans to change the CIA, not people in Pakistan. They react to it, but you can hardly blame them.