Any others cynical about a vaccine?

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Knock, knock..

"Who's there?"...

"Zambezi"....

"Have you been vaccinated?"...

"No, but I printed off a load of graphs and stuff I found on the internet that I want to show you"....

"F**k off Zambezi."
 
What are we doing discussing topics like Covid vaccines on a deer stalking forum? Get a life guys! And as for you anti vaxxers! Put your tin foil masks on and stock up on ammo for the zombie apocalypse.
 
I fully respect your right to be sceptical as am I on many things and if you choose not to take the vaccine that’s fine by me it means I may get mine earlier
We had a few people. 200 infact get a vaccine during the trials. The trials are now abandoned because they all started testing positive to HIV. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Oh well, better choose carefully which one.
 
What are we doing discussing topics like Covid vaccines on a deer stalking forum? Get a life guys! And as for you anti vaxxers! Put your tin foil masks on and stock up on ammo for the zombie apocalypse.
Lol, and yet we discuss putting up a vid of the types of hunting conditions on your permission? Well then the crickets start.
 
We had a few people. 200 infact get a vaccine during the trials. The trials are now abandoned because they all started testing positive to HIV. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Oh well, better choose carefully which one.
Not sure where you get your news from but never let too many facts get in the way of a good story. The vaccine roll out continues down here on planet earth
 
Not sure where you get your news from but never let too many facts get in the way of a good story. The vaccine roll out continues down here on planet earth

As ever, a failure to research means you do not know the statement about halting the Australian vaccine rollout to be true. Like ours, that vaccine used a novel, not-used-before delivery mechanism....

 
As ever, a failure to research means you do not know the statement about halting the Australian vaccine rollout to be true. Like ours, that vaccine used a novel, not-used-before delivery mechanism....


Your link describes that it was not a "vaccine roll out"...nowhere near....it was a first stage trial, and they abandoned it at that point...

Alan
 
it was a first stage trial, and they abandoned it at that point...

Valid correction.

The thrust of mchughcb's point stands: I.e. the vaccine mechanisms being trialled for covid are novel. The mRNA offering from Pfizer is no exception. It will take time to assay efficacy and risk in the wider population.
 
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As ever, a failure to research means you do not know the statement about halting the Australian vaccine rollout to be true. Like ours, that vaccine used a novel, not-used-before delivery mechanism....

t was not a roll out of a vaccine it was part of a trial, trials come in three basic stages, initial, Mid trials and final trials. The majority of trials fail due to the rigour required, only after the completion off all elements is the data and conclusions passed across to the Regulator, the Regulator then investigates all the base data and conclusions, often they may require further field trials or more data. Only when the regulator is happy to sign it all off for specific use which they will document would it be made available for use in the population. As per my earlier post never let too many facts get in the way of a good story, it worked for The Sun for many years
 
Do you know how many people died worldwide during the same period of cancer? Or meningitis? Or diabetes? Or anything else that kills masses of folk every year? No, because the media doesn’t report on that, they have focussed all their efforts on reporting one stream of media.
our local news the other day reported 3 (shock horror) deaths within a 3 county radius, all from covid, no mention of how many people died of other causes during the same period?? Why?
with on important caveat..... none of the conditions you have mentioned are transmissible!
 
What are we doing discussing topics like Covid vaccines on a deer stalking forum? Get a life guys! And as for you anti vaxxers! Put your tin foil masks on and stock up on ammo for the zombie apocalypse.

Mike, I have not made a comment on this subject, I know nothing about it. But this is the “Off Topic” section, so quite acceptable to have it discussed here. 👍
 
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. There are risks with any action in life.

I will be taking a vaccine and I will be recommending them to everyone I care about. If I had a choice, I would have a preference over which specific vaccine I would have, but in the absence of this I will take whatever is available. I expect it will be 6 months to a year before I am offered one.

I would be more cautious if I was pregnant (but I am male), though I would also be more worried about potential consequences of catching coronavirus if I was pregnant. If you are young and healthy your personal risk may be limited at present, this could change with mutations of the virus.

I base my opinion on a doctoral level education in a relevant subject and working (peripherally) in the vaccine business for over 15 years. I am not directly employed by any vaccine manufacturer.

Make your own choice if you feel the need to, just make sure it’s based on facts and that those facts are not taken out of proper context.
 
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Valid correction.

The thrust of mchughcb's point stands: I.e. the vaccine mechanisms being trialled for covid are novel. The mRNA offering from Pfizer is no exception. It will take time to assay efficacy and risk in the wider population.

I think the conclusion to be drawn from the abandonment of trials of a vaccine...which successfully countered the coronavirus but had other issues...is one of reassurance. I do not see it as an indication of failure and increased risk as it is being presented.

The fact that even a successful measure against the virus did not pass the first stage test implies to me that the testing system is fairly robust and should be a source of confidence in those vaccines that do pass all stages of the clinical trials.

Alan
 
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FatTurkey could you please explain how you arrived at that preference?
Information from trial publications, some familiarity with the technologies from my own work, discussions with people who know better than me. It’s a bit subjective really as I am not an expert. Each approach has some relative pros and cons, none of which I consider critical compared to just getting a vaccine (at least for those we are likely to have access to in the U.K.).
 

Amazing how a headline writer's agenda can make something seem the opposite of the actual circumstances reported.

I am also amazed that only 1.158% of the 272,001 who received the vaccine had an allergic reaction. I would have expected many more given the number of allergy sufferers around.

Let alone that only 6 individuals (0.0022%) had severe enough allergic reactions to be classified as anaphylactic....I would say that bodes really well for the Pfizer rollout.

Alan
 
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