Quote Originally Posted by Noblejanobii View Post
I literally got into an argument with someone about it this morning. A lot of the skepticism comes from the fact that people are concerned the vaccine was developed too quickly. Which normally would be somewhat of a valid concern. Vaccines normally take about 10-15 years to be properly developed give a take a little depending on how much funding the research gets. However, if there's already existing blueprints for a vaccine in the same family as the one being developed, it drastically reduces the time needed to develop it. It's why flu vaccines can be pushed out so quickly every year. The blueprint already exists they just have to alter it to accommodate the predicted strains. And COVID-19 actually falls under this case because there has already been research and development done for a vaccine in the coronavirus family thanks to SARS and MERS. That plus the considerable amount of funding the research has received has allowed them to push this stuff out SUPER quickly.

Additionally there is some skepticism around it being an mRNA vaccine since that's a relatively new type of vaccination. However, this is also rather dumb because this type of vaccine has been thoroughly researched for quite some time.

Thus in conclusion, there's no real reason to get it unless you just don't care about other people.
Yeah, and really, who knows how many infections were prevented and how many lives these vaccines have saved already. This virus is just downright NASTY, and when you weigh the pros and cons of slapping red tape everywhere for this, we need these vaccines ASAP. And if it means a supplemental booster vaccine is needed later on to help boost immunities later on, heck, I'll take that too if it's needed. Working in R&D, I know how much federal regulations can slow down development of a product. They are brutal and tack on at least a few extra years and lots of money and resources. Given, I know we're trying to make this as safe as possible, but nothing will ever be 100% safe. Otherwise no one would ever be driving cars, no one would ever be allowed to play sports, and we'd never be able to leave the house.

But yeah, can you imagine how much damage being in lockdowns for 10-15 years while they tried to perfect the vaccine as much as possible? Seriously, I'm glad we have an effective vaccine out there, now. It may not be perfect, but it's definitely improving things and we need to keep it going.