The Commish
Footballguy
It's more basic than even this. There are many who associate the time it takes to get to market with a vaccine's safety. They don't go deeper than that. We need to get away from that line of thinking. Vaccines are not more safe or less safe because they took X amount of time to get to market. I don't see the discussion to be had there.He is referencing those that argue these vaccines are still very much untested because it takes years of data to prove they are safe. Which is generally rebutted by the medical guys asking which vaccine historically didn't show adverse effects relatively shortly after introduction.
Basically it is the argument that an unlikely, unknown future risk from the vaccine should be given much greater weight than the better but not fully known risk of getting Covid.
the funny thing is that I get that argument. History is replete with the medical field giving us stuff that turns out to be harmful. Where they lose me is with talks of vast conspiracies or attempts by the government of "controlling' the population, or even intentionally depopulating the world. Just wacky stuff.
If we could limit the arguments to those based in a reasonable sense of reality, there is a conversation to be had. I mean, at least I get the argument that someone doesn't want to take the vaccine because it hasn't been tested enough. I disagree with it, but I understand where it's coming from.
But the level of anger/snark/vitriol around all this is disheartening.
The "future risk" stuff I can sort of see, but once you start digging into the position, you quickly realize the line is completely arbitrary. I've asked those invoking this line what the appropriate amount of time is for them personally to get passed their perceived issue. Not a single one who's actually answered will give a time frame....not one and MOST people just ignore the question all together. The "future risk" argument continues to exist for any and all vaccines out there. Tomorrow we could find out there's something wrong with the chicken pox vaccine. If one wants to go that route, they can, but there's really no meaningful discussion to be had there either. It's one arbitrary line vs another.