I plan on getting it immediately but I do have a question for Era: what do you tell a person who has never been anti-vax but still wants to wait a bit to get this specific vaccine.
I find it hard to really argue even though I don't share the opinion. I don't really see it as being "anti-vax" to not take a vaccine as soon as it hits the market.
This. I work in medicine. I have all my vaccinations, my family has all their vaccinations, and I actively promote vaccines to anyone who asks, either officially during my job or after-hours informally. I am the complete opposite of an anti-vaxxer and am well-versed in how vaccines typically are developed, tested, and administered, including variable efficacy and the need for booster shots.
The speed with which the coronavirus vaccines are being pushed through the system may just reveal that the way we were developing vaccines in the past was archaic and inefficient and that everything will be just fine — although those who believe that a COVID vaccine will cure the world's woes and bring back normalcy are in for a rude awakening; however, there is also a not insignificant risk that enough corners were cut — for financial, scientific, and political reasons — that questioning the safety and efficacy of newly rushed vaccines is not just for the anti-vaxxers. There are things that we won't know until millions of people are given the vaccine and followed for an extended period of time.
As a frontline worker, I will likely be one of the first to receive the vaccine but I will do so wary and hopefully having read as much primary source info as possible.
Also of note, from my understanding, the FDA approval process is apparently much more transparent than in Europe.
