Just because something is hurried when the whole world is working on it and nothing else, it does not lead automatically to horrible side-effects. There is no basis for that conclusion--it is not even conjecture, but rather the kind of medieval superstition about medicine and science which survives through the centuries and which has held back many people in developed and developing countries alike. We might as well start jumping up and down that the earth is flat, blood transfusions and organ transplants will steal your soul away, and of course vaccines cause autism and what not.
There are some viruses for which we never developed a vaccine. We never developed a good one for SARS, because it was no longer a threat. The sustained threat of SARS-COV-2 has led to nations and big pharmaceutical companies consistently working on it and not losing interest. But some other viruses are too difficult to develop a vaccine for--look at HIV.
There will be more than one vaccines available, and they do not all act the same way. The RNA vaccine for instance will be one of its kind, so I understand if there is trepidation over that. Every vaccine when it first goes to human trials has to be studied on big population samples-because human DNA has a myriad combinations; the same thing that presents no side effect for 10,000 people may be dangerous for some different 3 people. Not all the vaccines now in research will be proven effective and safe. That is the nature of scientific research. My problem is that while there are governments I do trust when it comes to not cutting corners with people's safety, the US government is not one of them. And because there will be many vaccines around the world, which one you have access to will depend on geographical location.
Even non-hurried medications have proven to be slightly dangerous over the years and been pulled from the shelves. Hurried medication should be only given to those in risk groups who wants to take it.
When it comes so close as your own colleague's little brother, like in my case, I am a bit scared. I don't want to take the first vaccine that comes out. I don't feel like being a guinea pig.
I've also listened to a radio show where one of Sweden's most famous TV personalities (Sofia Wistam) talks about her daughter
Sindy who has been suffering from narcolepsy for many years now because of the swine flu vaccine. The poor girl's life is pretty much ruined because of that "safe" vaccine. There is no cure for narcolepsy. 470 children got narcolepsy from that vaccine. 470! All because the vaccine had not been fully tested on children, only on adults.
So before I take any hurried vaccine that I may not even need, I want to know for sure if it's safe for children, for people with kidney failure (like I have), for people who take certain medications on daily basis etc etc. What if the vaccine is not compatible with my medication? If they test 10.000 people with the vaccine and none of them are taking the medication that I am taking, then how will I know for sure that it's safe for me? I also have a slightly weaker immune system than normal - will the vaccine still be safe?
The narcolepsy and even deaths that came with the swine flu vaccine has made me very worried about taking new hurried vaccines. I am all for vaccines in general, such as diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, measles, polio and all those. But if I have a healthy child, I'd think more than twice about the COVID-19 vaccine since so few children get seriously ill from this virus.
