OT - chinese coronavirus vaccine
gammanu95
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Are you planning to get it as soon as it is available?
Wait any specific period of time to watch for news of adverse effects?
Will your job/employer require you to have it within a particular timeframe?
Or will you skip it entirely (anti-vaxer?, science denier?, conspiracy theorist?)
I think I will wait for a French or German formulation to become available, if I can. Their drug restrictions are usually more stringent than the US FDA, and the Russian and chinese formulation is more likely to be toxic than prophylactic.
Wait any specific period of time to watch for news of adverse effects?
Will your job/employer require you to have it within a particular timeframe?
Or will you skip it entirely (anti-vaxer?, science denier?, conspiracy theorist?)
I think I will wait for a French or German formulation to become available, if I can. Their drug restrictions are usually more stringent than the US FDA, and the Russian and chinese formulation is more likely to be toxic than prophylactic.
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I am not an anti-vaxer by any means. Just this happened to me personally with a "flu shot" so i dont get them.
That is what everyone should do. This is not a political issue.
Yes
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Yes (no, no, no).
Has nothing to do with being an anti-vaxer. I just never felt the need to.
Lol at Trump virus, cmon man. Trump didn’t eat bat stew.
Businesses can try said policies but that would open doors up to lawsuits and would be an invasion of privacy violate contracts etc.
w.r.t. the Covid-vaccine - I've been of the mind set that I'll likely get it unless I start hearing of adverse reactions in a fair # of people, then I'll think about it harder - I've been avoiding gatherings b/c of the Rona so I'd wanna get the vaccine so I don't have to worry about it - as others, I'll probably wait to see how other people do w/ it b/f I take the plunge - also by the time a good # of vaccines are available where it's easy to get one, could be by then Rona is not as big an issue either thru herd-immunity or some other mechanism and it may not be as necessary.
I’m not planning to rush out and get it immediately. I don’t qualify as being in one of the highest risk groups - and I’m not a first responder - so I will most likely get the vaccine after the initial rush.
I’ve been working from home since March. I’m not sure when we will return to the office. The date keeps moving back. I think JP Morgan wants it’s traders in the office starting sometime in October, but I’m no longer on one of those floors.
That is an interesting angle - hadn't thought about it - although w/ multiple manufacturers here in the U.S. I was thinking I'd try to get "the best one" within the U..S. manufacturers - although IDK how it would work to get/pick/choose a specific one and if the foreign ones would be available.
If it's a vaccine developed in China or Russia, not sure what I'd do. I'm cynical of Covid-related information filtered through those governments and thus cynical of any Covid vaccine developed there regardless of quality of scientists and procedures.
If vaccine were developed in countries where I trust process more (USA, Canada, Germany etc.), I'd try to be first in line if it facilitates immediate international travel - had 2 trips canceled on me this year and want to reschedule. Too bad FKK not on itinerary
What herbcat said is what I’m going to do as well.
I’ve been stuck more times than I could ever begin to remember with vaccines/inoculations for “everything” known to man so I’m not an anti-vaxer. In fact I just updated my tetanus shot which is largely unnecessary in the States but I’ve decided it is a benefit to me.
I don’t put things in my body that I don’t think are necessary and I have not gotten the annual flu shot for at least the past 20 years and won’t again this year. I suspect but obviously don’t know, that this year’s flu season will be extraodinarily mild simply because of the wide spread precautions already in place for Covid-19. So I personally see little benefit to taking a vaccine for what is just somebody’s best guess of what this year’s strain will be.
While I appreciate the sentiment here of waiting to see if the eventual Covid-19 vaccine is safe, there will be so many people in front of the average person that IMHO it will not be a consideration by the time it becomes available to John Q Public.
Personally I absolutely would NOT take anything with Chinese fingerprints on it. OTOH the Russians have released data on their vaccine and the deal with that is that it produces a lower level of antibodies compared to the leading Astrazentica and/or Moderna vaccines. So at this point it isn’t so much a question safety but rather a question of efficacy - is the amount of antibodies enough to effectively deal with a Covid-19 infection. That is unknown but the same question applies to the others – will even the higher amount of antibodies be enough to be effective. WE DON’T KNOW!
All that said, yes I’ll be as close to the front of the line as money can buy simply to be able to travel freely once again.
and how would you that the one injected into you is going to be the one from the swiss? i don't think the nurse administering the shot would be obligated to show the vial.
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