COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.]

tenordas said

I didn't say they didn't go through trials, I said they weren't properly tested, meaning, as we all know, the trials were fast-tracked and extremely short, so any long term or slow to appear side effects simply weren't known; hence, my use of the term guinea pigs.

Now certainly, I know the people in authority felt this was necessary because of the extreme danger the virus represented to them, and I know we were dealing with an unknown, so I fully realize they were giving it their best shot and what else can one do? - but it doesn't change the fact that the vaccines didn't go through the usual, normal process of being tested, which lasts much longer than what the vaccines went through.

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I mean, you'll have to define properly tested but normally trials and studies for new vaccines can last from 5 to 10 years. In the case of Covid, we couldn't wait that long. The trials lasted less than 6 months in this case, and while not perfect (no vaccine is regardless of trial length, and some have significantly more side effects than Covid vaccines) they definitely slowed Covid down significantly, most significantly, the mortality rate. It was effective in reducing the severity of the cases as well.

I mean, the FDA could have decided to go through full clinical trials, but then you'd have millions more deaths and the disease lasting substantially longer than it did as a pandemic. It's endemic at this stage and is still out there, just not as bad as it was. At least we're prepared somewhat to deal with it if a new more dangerous strain hits. Hopefully that doesn't happen.