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gollygee

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37. That was when they used a live vaccine

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:16 AM

Jul 2020

and even with a live vaccine it only made 450 people sick out of the 45 million who got the vaccine. And it isn't a zero-sum game. It's the risk of the vaccine vs. the risk of not having the vaccine, which is much higher with this illness.

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I been reading (somewhere on DU) that when a vaccination is created [View all] yuiyoshida Jul 2020 OP

It will have to be approved by someone outside of the Trump administration Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #1

That. There is no chance I trust dump or anyone in his admin. onecaliberal Jul 2020 #2

That's where most people sit on the issue. Await approval by a trusted agency like the EMA. PSPS Jul 2020 #4

Why are you afraid of a harmless bleach injection? ret5hd Jul 2020 #13

Hahahahaha! NoRoadUntravelled Jul 2020 #14

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2020 #49

And it will be so expensive only the well off can afford it. alfredo Jul 2020 #27

Trump's staffers have been releasing propaganda on CDC letterhead. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #42

Fingers crossed Europe has the vaccine first. sarcasmo Jul 2020 #3

You can't educate the anti-vaxers underpants Jul 2020 #5

Than no one can save them.... yuiyoshida Jul 2020 #6

I will take my chances than putting some crap into my system!" DBoon Jul 2020 #12

Smart people will get vaccinated and MAGATS will die. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #43

I would be very apprenhensive about taking a vaccination that is being rushed. TexasTowelie Jul 2020 #7

Haste makes waste! Backseat Driver Jul 2020 #16

I definitely would be holding back on it, I won't be a guinea pig. nt Raine Jul 2020 #30

It isn't a zero-sum game gollygee Jul 2020 #36

I'm already considered in a high risk group for the following factors: TexasTowelie Jul 2020 #51

Beta had a much better picture. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #44

Challenge them to wear masks now. CaptYossarian Jul 2020 #8

Then they are f**king idiots. It isn't a live vaccine. While there may be side effects from such a still_one Jul 2020 #9

I was active duty military in 1976, forced to receive swine flu vaccination Cirque du So-What Jul 2020 #10

As was I pecosbob Jul 2020 #19

That was when they used a live vaccine gollygee Jul 2020 #37

We actually don't know that it will be better to taket the vaccine than not. Ms. Toad Jul 2020 #11

Following you on this. You've been a beacon of truth and impartial info Arazi Jul 2020 #18

I'm hopeful that it will be safe and effective - Ms. Toad Jul 2020 #20

I expect the FDA will make the decision on this and will trust that. Steelrolled Jul 2020 #21

I will wait and review the resesarch myself. n/t Ms. Toad Jul 2020 #22

I read everything I can. Steelrolled Jul 2020 #25

I never trust anyone else where my health is concerned. Ms. Toad Jul 2020 #29

Under Trump, no way would I trust the FDA womanofthehills Jul 2020 #31

CDC has been bypassed - Trump staffers are releasing their own propaganda on CDC letterhead. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #45

That's why it's being tested - to make sure it's safe and effective. nt gollygee Jul 2020 #38

I don't trust without verification, ever - Ms. Toad Jul 2020 #39

What do you mean by verified? gollygee Jul 2020 #41

Verified by non-Trumpers. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #46

The main virus I've been reading about is out of the UK gollygee Jul 2020 #47

I do my own independent research, and reach my own conclusions. Ms. Toad Jul 2020 #50

Once the process gets through the human trials safely and they say it's a go it will still take a NoRoadUntravelled Jul 2020 #15

+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #17

I think most countries are going to go with the one that's EllieBC Jul 2020 #24

You can't. We can't get the hippy organic craft artisan EllieBC Jul 2020 #23

I recall that several years ago, TexasTowelie Jul 2020 #32

HPV can kill you and spread. EllieBC Jul 2020 #48

Almost every activity can be lethal. TexasTowelie Jul 2020 #52

Once a vaccine is approved and available, I will take it. herding cats Jul 2020 #26

I'm with you Steelrolled Jul 2020 #33

Personally, I will be slow to take the vaccine. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #28

If Donald Trump is promoting it, then, yes, I'll be wary. tinrobot Jul 2020 #34

My thing is...all of this is new. TCJ70 Jul 2020 #35

I think any vaccine that appears as an October surprise kairos12 Jul 2020 #40

+1, I mean at some point we have to not take a default thought process when it comes to Trump uponit7771 Jul 2020 #55

Patient education regarding vaccines rarely works. Aristus Jul 2020 #53

"They will defend to the death..." yuiyoshida Jul 2020 #54

1976 swine flu Mosby Jul 2020 #56