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Blues Heron

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5. They've come a long way since the 70s swine flu debacle

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Wed Sep 2, 2020, 09:13 AM

Sep 2020

the polio nightmare was 70 years ago, the swine flu thing was almost 50 years ago, surely with our biotech machines we've made progress and the stuff won't be likely to make your arm fall off or give you Covid 19.

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I don't see how they can determine how effective a vaccine is in such a short period of time, [View all] still_one Sep 2020 OP

They can't SheltieLover Sep 2020 #1

Damn. The two words that sprang to my mind immediately. KPN Sep 2020 #14

Yup SheltieLover Sep 2020 #15

the "warp speed" vaccine has little to do with safety or effectiveness rampartc Sep 2020 #2

The safety aspect I have less concern about than the effectiveness of it. still_one Sep 2020 #6

There ya go, talking science! Maeve Sep 2020 #3

President "Golden Nuts" will Distort the truth on a Vaccine. MakeAmericaLoveAgain Sep 2020 #4

They've come a long way since the 70s swine flu debacle Blues Heron Sep 2020 #5

I am not worried about the safety issues. The vaccine is not a live vaccine, so I am not worried still_one Sep 2020 #8

they can measure the antibody response for one Blues Heron Sep 2020 #11

They have seen the antibody response already from the phase 1 and phase 2. It is the still_one Sep 2020 #17

True. But personally, I'm worried about side effects having had personal KPN Sep 2020 #18

science is being swallowed by politics. we all pay. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2020 #7

no evidence of effectiveness ot safety is possible in the rush by trump for beachbumbob Sep 2020 #9

Evidence of both is very possible actually Blues Heron Sep 2020 #12

For influenza, an effective antibody response can be evaluated in around two weeks. Aristus Sep 2020 #16

Side effects are the concern, effectiveness less so DetroitLegalBeagle Sep 2020 #10

it's trump world. the only thing that matters is that he can say 'we have a vaccine' spanone Sep 2020 #13

Of course not, it's just another con. ecstatic Sep 2020 #19

Didn't the Zombie apocalypse happen because of a bad vaccine? Yavin4 Sep 2020 #20

They can't. The polio vaccine gave kids polio in its first vaccine iteration. My mother was so Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #21

That was NOT the Salk vaccine The polio vaccine you are referring to was a live vaccine still_one Sep 2020 #22