Covid-19 Vaccine: Yes or No?
By Kareng
@kareng (61153)
United States
May 6, 2020 10:16pm CST
So I've been thinking about this for awhile now. We all know that a vaccine is in the making for the Covid-19 virus. It won't be available for some time but what do you think about it?
Would you be willing to take it? Is it worth the chance? Do you think it will be safe?
Or will you be saying, "No, I'll take my chances?"
I'm on the fence about this vaccine at the moment. I guess it will all depend on if the virus gets worse, is not over with in another month or two, etc.
What are your thoughts on taking the Covid-19 vaccine? Do you think it will be effective? Do you think it will make you sick?
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© 2020 Karen Gros
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@Helikaputo (484)
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7 May 20
Too much meddling going on.. it's kind of tricky to get rushy as long as am not infected I'll lay back and wait especially if it will come from China..
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
8 May 20
There is one out now that was developed in a new way, using genetics. They also didn't grow the virus in a lab for days and days as the traditional method does. I think it is a bit too soon for a vaccine. I don't want to trust this new one. Too many questions.
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
10 May 20
@LadyDuck I think the ones that will rush out into public before this is all over and rush on vaccines may be creating a whole new epidemic. There is a mystery disease now affecting young children here in the U.S. that is connected to Covid-19. It's all pretty scary!
@moffittjc (121656)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May 20
Ultimately, I would like to have the vaccine. I went through having the virus, and it wasn't fun at all. And I only had a moderate case. But I have my reservations about a vaccine, at least in the early stages of when it's available. I feel like they're rushing so fast to develop a vaccine that they compromising safety. There's a reason it normally takes years for new vaccines to be developed, because they have to be tested for safety and long-term effects on humans. I think they're going to bypass many of those steps in the rush to get the vaccine to market. I don't wan't to get the vaccine, and then a year or two later hear that they found out it causes cancer or kidney failure or something like that.
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
11 May 20
@moffittjc This one was supposedly already released. I think it is a bit soon with the virus still active everywhere.
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@moffittjc (121656)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 May 20
@kareng I'm sure all across the world there are going to be multiple versions of vaccines developed. It will be interesting to see which one wins out and beats everybody to the market.
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@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
7 May 20
It depends how fast they try to push it through. If they rush the testing I will not trust it.
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
7 May 20
I agree. There is actually one vaccine already released that was developed differently. I wonder how the two different versions will compare to each other? It was developed by Moderna. It was developed without growing huge amounts of the virus and based on genetics.
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@wolfgirl569 (107859)
• Marion, Ohio
7 May 20
@kareng I heard they aare testing one somewhere. Might be that one.
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
8 May 20
@wolfgirl569 That is the one we are most accustomed too. It's grown for days and days in the lab. This other one was not and based on genetics. Has to make you wonder....
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@RasmaSandra (80635)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 May 20
I have never had a flu shot and I don't even remember the last time I had the flu. So I would not take that vaccine.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
7 May 20
It seems far away from a vaccine. It won't happen until the political agendas and money making companies have exhausted exploiting the situation.
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
8 May 20
Actually there is one already released by Modermn. It was developed by genetically and not grown in the lab for days on end as traditionally done. I don't think I would trust that one very much at all. I didn't read anything on trials either.
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@LindaOHio (181189)
• United States
7 May 20
I would take it; and it shouldn't make you sick.
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
8 May 20
What got me to thinking was the one that is out now by Moderna was made differently. They didn't grow the virus in the lab for as long as they usually do. It is based on genetics. I hope the health care folks disclose whether you are getting this one of the other one that was made the way traditional vaccines are made.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
7 May 20
I will take it only after it is proven to be 100 percent sage
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
9 May 20
@amitkokiladitya Yes, and Dianne said that another one was about to be released.
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
7 May 20
I suppose it is still a long way to go. Look back to the SARS, did the SARS vaccine come out? No. But it had been happened for more than a decade. Why didn't its vaccine come out? There are maybe two different corona viruses, the vaccines for both maybe develop in two varied ways. But how could I believe that the second virus vaccine comes out while the former one is not yet to come?
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
8 May 20
@kareng I suppose it had better go for a few years for the safety of virus vaccine.
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
8 May 20
@kareng that would be safer for people's health. Otherwise, some side effects would be happen later I guess.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
7 May 20
the math doesn't work for me, i think i will wait for more data on the vaccine effectiveness to consider it.
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@kareng (61153)
• United States
8 May 20
There is one out now that I don't trust at all. New method used without growing the virus in lab for days and days. Based on genetics. I didn't see anything on trials but they had to have tested it. I'll wait. I would rather make sure it is effective vs. taking something brand new without much data out on it.
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@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
7 May 20
There is lot of research going on.. Don't know how it give relief from it... I think it take time for getting effective medicine..
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@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
8 May 20
@kareng for getting official messages from it its not possible to trust those... Take care
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@youless (112562)
• Guangzhou, China
7 May 20
I think the vaccine can't be finished so soon. It is very challenging no matter how much we want it to succeed. There are already many rumors about the vaccine and medicine and I don't think they are real. At least all of these will be available after some time.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
11 May 20
Personally I wouldn't want to be one of the first to accept it. I definitely wouldn't be one of the volunteers for testing!
If they find a safe and viable vaccine for Covid-19 then I would be willing to take it... to protect others around me as well as myself.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
7 May 20
I won´t accept it while it was in the experimental moment.
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@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
8 May 20
All vaccines go through stringent tests and trials before they are mass-produced for public consumption. However, we always have to allow a slight margin of error. For that reason, I'd tread very carefully until I knew 100% it was safe.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
12 May 20
@kareng
They have been finding vaccines or something here in my country. When they find and know it is safe yes I will take it because I want this over and I trust them here. I get my flu shot and trust that so I will trust this.I sure if there are side effects they will tell us.
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