I am American and fully vaccinated. I had a long debate about the vaccine with my IT guy, who is "waiting" on the vaccine. He is as intelligent and well educated as I am. He argues that the long term impact on the DNA and the immune system has not been adequately researched and that the vaccine was therefore rushed. I think he makes valid points. I decided to roll the dice knowing the risk. He decided to wait. There are people that believe the same as he does. And that's why they will wait. So the question is did they stop researching the vaccines long term impact or is that research being stifled?
In a perfect world we could educate people on the various vaccine technologies (they are not all equal) and maybe a refresher on statistics and probabilities.
I also think if people had more of a choice of what type of vaccine they are getting they could pick one more in line with their tolerance to risk.
If I had a 20-30ish YO daughter, I would probably prefer Pfizer. If I had a son same age, I'd probably pick AstraZeneca or J&J. To my 80yo aunt, Pfizer. But this is based on very little data we have so far.
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