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One of my very bright, normally evidenced based, mates is the same. Their main beef is the speed*, marketing drive and characterisation of covid vaccine sceptics/cautious people as antivax nutters.
All of which are fair enough concerns, but seem a bit contrived when viewed against the random drugs from random people they've happily put away over the years without needing to read a research paper.
*although having worked on a project financing a phase 2a trial for a drug, I think most people have little understanding of just how much of the "time" a drug takes to develop is waiting. Waiting for the trial protocol to be written, submitted, read, rewritten, resubmitted, CROs appointed, waiting for slots, etc. etc. With enough money and clear access to regulatory bodies you're talking about cutting 12m of fanning about in one phase into a 5 days (or maybe less).
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how much of the "time" a drug takes to develop is waiting
Had this convo with my folks when they, having rushed to have the vaccinations, then read some of the shite online and began to question things.
(ex powder/aerosols tester and formulator + pharma QA auditor here - so obviously I’m in on the conspiracy…)
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He has changed his tune now, was more of a knee jerk initial reaction than anything!
That's interesting to hear actually, I guess it makes a huge difference if there's a concerted effort to speed up the admin side of things.
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I had a conversation with my brother when the vaccine was first being talked about. The conversation went something along the lines of:
Him: I'm not sure about this vaccine, it all seems to have come around a bit quickly, do we really know what's in it?
Me: I've seen you take a pill you found on the floor of a bar.
Him: Yeah, good point.
He's now double jabbed for what it's worth