First FDA needs to approve covid vaccines. Not just emergency use, but formal approval. It is pretty ridiculous that this hasn't happened yet.
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First FDA needs to approve covid vaccines. Not just emergency use, but formal approval. It is pretty ridiculous that this hasn't happen yet.
I am sure there are many "good" reasons, but surely transportation, storage, production have been sorted out at this point, given how many vaccines have been delivered. The approval will help a lot and not having it casts a weird light on the issue. There will still be people that will refuse to vaccinate, but at least there will be less reason for them to do so. At the moment it is difficult to argue for the safety of the vaccine when FDA doesn't have it approved. Not to mention that it is not easy to require people to vaccinate with something not having full FDA approval. General public doesn't care about the technicalities of the FDA approval process. For decades we've been fed the "fact" that if it is not FDA approved it is not safe and should not be used. Most know this is not technically true, but under the circumstances not having FDA approval is a very good argument against the vaccines.
I have some people I used to like that i dont talk to anymore because we are not on the same page.
I disagree, most of the people I've talked to that haven't vaccinated yet bring up lack of full FDA approval as the main reason. All are rational, educated and smart people. So I'd say exactly 73.93421% of the still unvaccinated population of educated and rational actors are affected.There's exactly .0001125% of the population that is objectively looking at the FDA emergency authorization vs. approval process and making decisions based on scientific concerns about the safety of vaccines.
From a non-scientific standpoint, I haven't talked to or observed anyone expressing vaccine reservations based on anything other than "freedom" or regurgitation of amorphous talking points.
People can and will make their own choices, but I don't think that the admittedly muddy narratives that the FDA and CDV have caused are impacting a lot of rational actors.
Jokes aside it is very difficult to argue with people not wanting to vaccinate when the government agencies that we supposed to listen to send mixed messages.
This is wishful thinking. You're saying that having more doses administered speeds up the passage of time somehow?It is ridiculous that FDA has not granted full approval for the COVID vaccine yet. Given how many doses have been administered they have safety data worth decades of normal clinical trials.
As true as that might be. Not having full approval is a solid reason not to trust the vaccine or FDA message. Yes some people will find another reason not to get vaccinated, but some will just get vaccinated, I personally know a few. We can argue percentages and all that, but the message would be clearer. Right now to a lay person like myself that doesn't know all the intricacies of FDA approval process it just seems like they are not sure of long term effects, so they don't give full approval. This might not be true, but in this situation perception is more important than reality. There is absolutely no reasonable downside for them giving full approval at this point. If down the road it turns out that there are long term effects FDA will be blamed regardless, since they are pushing the vaccines hard.This is wishful thinking. You're saying that having more doses administered speeds up the passage of time somehow?
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AT5760 has it right.. the distinction between only matters to people looking for an excuse to refuse the vaccines. It's a moving target, and granting full approval won't lead to widespread vaccination. They'll just find another complaint to latch onto.
This is wishful thinking. You're saying that having more doses administered speeds up the passage of time somehow?
Not really. What I am saying is that FDA has a lot more data that with a normal compound to evaluate safety. If you are looking for rare side effects, they would been recorded, given how many people got the vaccine already. Very large sample size a huge advantage when you evaluate safety.
It still does not tell you about long-term side effects, thats correct, but there are few or no cases of long term side effects with any vaccine so it is highly unlikely to see that with these ones. mRNA also stays in the organism for a day or less before it is degraded, which again puts long-term side effects in the improbable category. AT this point the benefit of a real approval vastly outweighs the risks.
The problem IMO lies in the mindset of blaming someone to begin with, I don't know who will be blaming FDA and for what but everyone can make their own decision...to get informed, to get vaccinated, or not.
BTW: point folks to this, Opinion: Don't wait for full FDA approval to get your Covid shot. Here's why
I have no idea what goes into FDA approval, so I probably shouldn’t comment on whether it’s too fast or too slow.
Priority Review designation is given to drugs that offer major advances in treatment, or provide a treatment where none existed. The goal for completing a Priority Review is six months.
Given how many doses have been administered they have safety data worth decades of normal clinical trials
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