Because a rushed/quick vaccine probably has bad side affects. All vaccines have some sort of issue but this one probably worst.
Theses vaccines had the useless parts rushed, like the long wait times for funding and for bureaucrats to get started on stuff on approvals. At least one is actually based on an older sars-cov vaccine. It really isn't as rushed as it seems.
@CuddleDuncan thank you for your kind words. Forgot to mention - once a vaccine is available, and my doc tells me it's my turn - I'll get the shot(s).
@CoolActionGuy but this one doesn't. We know that. If I may quote my own post,
No Grade 4 or 5 adverse events were attributable to the vaccine: the only Grade 3 events at a frequency of 2% or greater were fatigue and headache and most cases resolved quickly.
In other words, about one person in thirty felt a bit wonky for a couple of days after vaccination, and may even have been off work. This is perfectly normal for a vaccine. And deeply acceptable for a vaccine that may end a global pandemic. In over 43,000 subjects not one - not one - had to be hospitalised because they were vaccinated.
Further details are not yet available because they have not yet been published. This is because they are still analysing the data. Again, this is an example of speed, not rushing. Normally, governments do not consider whether to approve a vaccine until all the information is available. This is of course the right and proper thing to do, but it takes a lot of time. In this case, the lower-level detailed results of the Phase III testing are not yet available, but approval has been given because they are not going to affect that decision. Once all the information is published, they will affect the decision as to which vaccine is the one we use the year after next, for the long term programme.
In other words, whatever your concerns about the Pfizer vaccine, worrying about side effects doesn't make any sense.
So, I ask again. What is the real reason that do you not want to be vaccinated?
I don’t trust it. Once more people get vaccinated and it’s safe for them then maybe I’ll look at it differently. Hoped that answered it for you. I don’t hate on vaccines. There are people who vaccines work for and more power to them. If they choose to get vaccinated then it’s their choice.
OK, you're just not sure about it. Fair enough.
@CoolActionGuy - Coronaviruses aren't new. Just this strand of it is. They come out with a new flu vaccine every year.
@Mike403 Yea true. Remember seeing about coronaviruses on a news report.
@seabrooker: Oh, I'm sure there are more than enough people on both sides to avoid the "depopulated city" trope no matter which turns out to be more deadly—virus or vaccines.
@DarrenWalker - I'm just having fun. I saw that and thought it was hysterical. But wow ... the software displays it HUGE on a computer.
What are the long term effects of the vaccines? We don't know because there hasn't been long term testing, it's been rushed. Sure, it may start with a headache, but what if that develops into migraines that don't go away in say 6 months or a year?
@BrianL - They've studied Coronaviruses for years. It's not a new virus. There just hasn't been any financial incentive to create a vaccine until it mutated into this strand which is extra deadly. Now they had the top scientists around the globe working around the clock for nearly a year to create this vaccine.
Remember, the flu virus mutates so often that a new flu vaccine needs to be created every year. Does that mean they're rushing that?
@BrianL long term adverse reactions for vaccines are very rare. This is what you would expect, given that vaccination is a once-only event. The medicines that produce problems in the long term tend to be ones that people have been taking every day for years.
It's also the case that we have created many vaccines for many similar viruses, and we know that they are totally safe in the long term.
In other words your concern is theoretically valid, but it practice it's not going to happen. It's much more likely that you will be seriously injured by a DUI on the way to the clinic, than you will have a long term problem from a vaccine.
I know of two people (second cousin's husband and a client's brother) who have died from COVID (though that was in the beginning during the NY/NJ outbreak, before they had any idea how to treat it), and two other people who tested positive (my cousin, and a friend's mother) but survived. Outside of COVID, I know three people who have died for other reasons this year (a friend, my uncle, and an acquaintance's daughter). I know LOTS of businesses which have had to close permanently because of the shutdowns and reduced business even once things opened back up again. I am an advocate for practicing caution 100%, but deaths for other reasons haven't stopped just because COVID is around, so whatever you choose to do, make sure you are comfortable with that choice no matter what happens. Life is precious. Protect it, but also value it, and don't take tomorrow for granted. =(
@ubergigglefritz I'm sorry to hear about your losses
@FlyingToaster Thanks. It's definitely been a year... I lost a close friend unexpectedly in 2012 and it really shook the rest of my life thus far. That's why I always encourage people to make the best decision for you (and that decision, especially in this wild year, will be different for each person). You need to make decisions that if the worst happens, you'll be able to live with that decision. This year, that may mean choosing between: (1) visiting someone, they get covid, they die, or (2) stay distant, don't see them, they die for any number of other reasons. Both of those options suck and would be hard to live with (though everyone thinks one or the other would be easier), so I encourage the middle ground option when available. O:-)