(07-25-2021, 05:10 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(07-25-2021, 05:09 PM)MarleyJag Wrote: Yep, stupidity borne of ignorance is definitely not a recent phenomenon.

And is sure as hell ain't going away. In fact, it seems to be as contagious as this latest bug.

Stupid is as stupid does.  The '76 swine flu vaccine was pulled from the market because of adverse effects after it was rushed out for fear that strain would be a repeat of the 1918 event.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new...180961994/

And more recently the only Lyme disease vaccine was pulled from the market amid concerns about undetected side effects and inconclusive results in terms of overall Lyme occurences.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2870557/


I'm not saying getting this vaccine is stupid or not.  I'm merely pointing out that in similar situations, both in terms of public panic and rushed development, vaccines have proven to be a bad choice, so much so that the FDA has removed them from the market.  Does that mean this one is bad?  No.  But it does mean that those with concerns about the vaccine who would rather take a chance with covid are not prima facia "stupid".

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