- 04 Dec 2020 20:32
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55185119
This may well turn into a vaccination debate, but I found this article interesting and not on the specifics of vaccines but on free speech, or more importantly 'asking questions' which I think everyone should be doing anyway. So why is the lady being critised for asking questions? This vaccine has been pushed, created, tested and examined in ten months. The likelyhood is that it is safe. But didn't (not for you in the US) Thalidomide have the green light also? How did that work out? Professor Van Tan yesterday said the UK will not be giving this vaccine to pregnant women or children yet due to... wait for it... lack of data. He did explain that was because no pregnant women were trialled and this was precautionary but it is a signal that where other vaccines have had significant time to see the aftermath after testing and trials, this vaccine does not have that luxury.
This isn't advice to anyone not to take the vaccine nor was it's Wrights intention to do that also. I want to clarify that. But given the time frame and risk to reward, I am on the belief this vaccine should not be mandatory. If you are in a risk factor you should take this vaccine as soon as you get the opportunity. And if not, you should ask questions and decide the risk to reward. I know 'I am Legend' is just a movie, but if this turns out to be a global clusterfuck, who are we to blame? We are relying on ten months data here.
This may well turn into a vaccination debate, but I found this article interesting and not on the specifics of vaccines but on free speech, or more importantly 'asking questions' which I think everyone should be doing anyway. So why is the lady being critised for asking questions? This vaccine has been pushed, created, tested and examined in ten months. The likelyhood is that it is safe. But didn't (not for you in the US) Thalidomide have the green light also? How did that work out? Professor Van Tan yesterday said the UK will not be giving this vaccine to pregnant women or children yet due to... wait for it... lack of data. He did explain that was because no pregnant women were trialled and this was precautionary but it is a signal that where other vaccines have had significant time to see the aftermath after testing and trials, this vaccine does not have that luxury.
This isn't advice to anyone not to take the vaccine nor was it's Wrights intention to do that also. I want to clarify that. But given the time frame and risk to reward, I am on the belief this vaccine should not be mandatory. If you are in a risk factor you should take this vaccine as soon as you get the opportunity. And if not, you should ask questions and decide the risk to reward. I know 'I am Legend' is just a movie, but if this turns out to be a global clusterfuck, who are we to blame? We are relying on ten months data here.