POLL: Would you be willing to have a COVID vaccine when they become available? - Page 3

How funny. This was the last reaction I read on this issue  and this would have been my reaction to add! I am so fond of travelling! So for that reason I might be taking it after a while and after some heroes try before! 

I do not think I would be specificaly in the risk area but i guess to be able to  travel to many countries a vaccination will be obligatory... 

Ronald

Hi Kimmy

I agree with you about Covid vaccine.  
Hopefully there will be stringent safety precautions and efforts made to provide it to those who potentially need it first.   

But yes we may all be queuing up to receive the vaccine if deaths continue to rise over next couple of years and restrictions prevent “normal” life.  
Take care 

Maria 

Interesting answers. However what puzzles me is that the feeling I get is that people think this is the new life with a vacine just being an add on?

My desire is for all restrictions to end as soon as the vacine is available then everyone can choose to take it or not, but this nonsense with lockdowns, quarantine and travel restrictions needs to stop, I want the government out of my life.

Hi Graeme,

You won't find me disagreeing with your points - I'd be surprised if anyone on here does, although the average uni student locked down in Halls of Residence with their sense of invincibility may have a different view  ;o)

The conclusion of this interesting and informative article in Nature "speaks" to me:

“There’s no magic wand we can use here,” Andersen says. “We have to face reality — never before have we reached herd immunity via natural infection with a novel virus, and SARS-CoV-2 is unfortunately no different.” Vaccination is the only ethical path to herd immunity, he says. How many people will need to be vaccinated — and how often — will depend on many factors, including how effective the vaccine is and how long its protection lasts.

"People are understandably tired and frustrated with imposed measures such as social distancing and shutdowns to control the spread of COVID-19, but until there is a vaccine, these are some of the best tools around. “It is not inevitable that we all have to get this infection,” D’Souza says. “There are a lot of reasons to be very hopeful. If we can continue risk-mitigation approaches until we have an effective vaccine, we can absolutely save lives.”  Kristian Andersen, an immunologist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02948-4

Kind regards,

Kim

Hi Kim,

       so I read into the comments you have quoted that a vaccine is the only way to get out of continued lockdowns, be they local or general. 

  Most people seem to be willing to get a flu vaccine and a question that occurs to me, I don't know the answer so it's not rhetorical, flu vaccines change every year to include protection against new flu strains that crop up on a regular basis, is it known how are they tested to ensure they are safe? We are happy to have a flu vaccination but wary of a covid19 one, seems to me that they is not that much difference.

  Meanwhile, I'm washing hands, keeping distance and wearing a mask......................

Rgds,

Aitch.

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In short.... I tend to agree regarding the validity of vaccine use where tackling the mutating covid-19 strains & their ogoing variants. Too I distrust the mask wearing pros & cons, as a means of tackling the rising virus "spike". Many believe the promise of a Vaccine, together with the mascarillas"protection" may somehow "save us" from this pandemic. In last week, 44 confirmed in our town. Four of them members of our extended family. All were "believers" of mascarillas worn at all times. They are now recovering quarantining at their respective homes & doubting the use of masks. V

My concern is that they may try to force the vaccine by making it compulsory for flights and travel. As already said, vaccines take years to develop, and the safety of a rushed one does not instill me with confidence. 

I totally agree with your comments 100%

We've all heard of vaccines going wrong that were administered in a hurry without being tested for long enough. I'll wait and be the last in the queue. 

Steve 

Hi Aitch,

That's how the epidemiologists and other scientists are calling it at the moment, and it sounds logical, but in the meantime I'm encouraged by the repurposing of existing, cheap drugs, such as Remdesivir, that are already proving effective in reducing the more serious symptoms in Covid-19 cases.

Regarding the testing of the 'flu vaccine, that's a very good point.   It's interesting that if you Google, "How is the 'flu vaccine tested?", I couldn't find a definitive answer.  While this article explains how it's made, I can find no corresponding article on the CDC website about how it's tested, other than a reference to "quality" testing and meeting FDA regulations:

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/how-fluvaccine-made.htm

So I looked for alternative sources.  Initially, I thought this article was from an anti-vaxxer organisation, but it was created in response to why some children are more prone to disease from environmental causes.  It may explain why there is no official information available about testing methodology for the 'flu vaccine - either way, it's a thought provoking read:

https://www.focusforhealth.org/seasonal-flu-shot-and-safety-testing/

Kind regards, 

Kim

Hi Socym,

It's already started - the Canaries are insisting on a negative Covid-19 test before individuals are allowed entry to the islands 🤔

Kind regards, 

Kim