My new piece is about vaccine hesitancy - which is normal, and common - vs denial, which is a different kettle of fish entirelyhttps://link.medium.com/04b2C4EYNfb
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One of the most important things to remember is that most hesitant people do eventually get vaccinated! That's been proven quite a few times
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Replying to @GidMK
It is likely that my hesitancy will last until 2023 unless otherwise coerced (which is unlikely)
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It’s when the trial ends and the long term safety and efficacy data is available. Also by then, herd immunity will almost certainly have been reached so transmission will be all but impossible. I’m not antivax, denier etc. Just not interested just for a return to supposed freedom
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Freedom aside, what worries you about long-term safety that you haven't seen in the trials?
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The usual path is 2-3 years worth of data collection from trials, as I understand it, phase 3? We are current in that phase. By then most, if not all side effects will be know and I can then make an informed decision as to whether to risk the vaccine over natural infection
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I can understand wanting to know more about side-effects (I was worried too). What convinced me is the fact that most vaccine side-effects occur shortly after the dose, because of the way vaccines work. Covered here:https://elemental.medium.com/every-covid-19-vaccine-question-youll-ever-have-answered-9a0eeb334ded …
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