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As someone who is very anti-COVID vaccinations, my problem with it isn't the vaccine itself or the underlying technology so much as it's been the plethora of ot
by nvahalik 5y ago
As someone who is very anti-COVID vaccinations, my problem with it isn't the vaccine itself or the underlying technology so much as it's been the plethora of other issues associated with it. The normal processes for drug approval were bypassed and so as a result we have very limited safety data and no long-term >5yr safety data at all.
With something like this, I would expect it to go through those trials and see that we'd have some sort of safety data and further research.
Again, I am actually very positive about mRNA therapies—I just want them to be fully tested and vetted first.
- standardUser 5y agoYes, though it is funny how until it became a political issue, virtually no one knew anything about the processes by which new drugs made their way into their body.
- multjoy 5y agoSo you'd simply let a pandemic rage for five years?
- nvahalik 5y agoThe problem, of course, is that vaccinations don't _end_ pandemics. If they did, some places would likely be completely free of COVID. However, they are not. They lessen the effects but many people have pointed out that this whole thing is entirely new territory: We have a flu "vaccination" but the flu us just something people learn to live with. We have never——ever——forced mass vaccination against a viral respiratory infection. Because we cannot vaccinate it away. COVID is here to stay and I (personally) don't think anything will happen until people contract it enough to get a good natural immunity and then things will go away.
- gassiss 5y agoJust because you don't agree with X doesn't mean you need to have an alternative for it
- donkarma 5y agoit seems that this was going to happen vaccine or not
- mike00632 5y agoIt's important to correct this misinformation and point out that "normal processes" were followed. The long approval process delayed the roll out of the vaccine causing hundreds of thousands of needless deaths. If anything, the approval should have gone faster.
- nvahalik 5y agoThere were no clinical trials. There is no safety data. Perfectly healthy young people have reported heart problems after getting it. Let's face it: anyone who takes it is participating in an experiment. It may be that the risks are OK for a lot of people. But obviously there is more to discover.
- mike00632 5y agoAbsolute nonsense. The vaccines were submitted and approved for both FDA EUA and full approval with ample data from clinical trials. The problem with misinformation is that it took me considerably longer to disprove this bullshit than it did for you to type it. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr... https://www.pfizerclinicaltrials.com/find-a-trial?search=Coronavirus,COVID-19&distance=1000&age=7 https://www.pfizerclinicaltrials.com/find-a-trial?search=Cor...