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Didn't even wait to see how the vaccine holds up and interact with the virus through a fall/winter season. Wow.

• cinntaile 5y ago
  Why would it give different side-effects during fall/winter?
  • AndrewBissell 5y ago
    It's not about different side effects, it's about the question of how the vaccines will hold up and affect viral spread (and possibly mutation) during the period of maximal seasonal transmission.
    • cinntaile 5y ago
      But aren't side-effects what make or break a vaccine approval? I don't see why the points you raise are relevant here. Flu vaccines also get updated each year, they don't need new FDA approval as far as I know (the underlying tech is still the same).
      • AndrewBissell 5y ago
        You're misinformed, the "underlying tech" of the flu vaccines is absolutely not "the same." And this isn't even an issue of them being updated, none of the major vaccines have been reformulated yet, it's a question of what's going to happen as more time passes, the virus mutates further (possibly in reaction to evolutionary pressure from the vaccines themselves), and antibodies from the initial doses start to wane. One possibility that both the FDA and Fauci have acknowledged is "disease enhancement," i.e. the vaccines actually resulting in more severe illness over time. We simply haven't seen them in the wild enough to rule that out.
        • cinntaile 5y ago
          I am not saying the tech behind flu vaccines and covid vaccines are the same lol. Vaccines get approved if the benefits outweigh the risks and if it's safe. Your concerns fall under the benefits vs risks part and the answer to that question so far is yes the benefits outweigh the risks. If new info contradicts this then the decision will be changed.