Brendan Burgess
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I raised this in another thread but I think it's worth highlighting.
My concern was that two or three months of testing might not be long enough to determine if it had any long term negative side-effects.
However, this was dealt with by one of the experts on BBC's excellent new series:
In testing previous vaccines, the negative side-effects all showed up quickly, so they are not concerned about negative side-effects appearing after a longer period of actual use.
And while they couldn't be definitely ruled out, the risks from Covid are known and far higher. And indeed, some of the long-term effects of Covid seem quite serious as well.
So, I am going to fight my way to the top of the queue for vaccination.
Brendan
My concern was that two or three months of testing might not be long enough to determine if it had any long term negative side-effects.
However, this was dealt with by one of the experts on BBC's excellent new series:
BBC Radio 4 - How to Vaccinate the World, The Beginning
Tim Harford reports on the global race to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
In testing previous vaccines, the negative side-effects all showed up quickly, so they are not concerned about negative side-effects appearing after a longer period of actual use.
And while they couldn't be definitely ruled out, the risks from Covid are known and far higher. And indeed, some of the long-term effects of Covid seem quite serious as well.
So, I am going to fight my way to the top of the queue for vaccination.
Brendan