So agree, Julie. There’s so much Boris Bo11ox being spewed out by “government” and its mutated algorithms that it is good to get some real science. Personally, I’ll take the vaccine as soon as proper testing is successfully complete. Risk of death from virus far higher than risk from jab.
I think we need to be realistic at this point about how much “proper testing” will be completed before this vaccine gets rolled out. We can’t know about side effects years down the line, we can’t say how long immunity will last. All we can hope for in the shorter term is the stage 3 trials showing us a rough percentage on how much protection it gives (99% ish if you look at the stage 2/3 results & extrapolate, but that’s not very scientific), and some idea of what side effects/adverse reactions to expect (usual headache/arm hurting for weeks, etc I’ll expect).
Again, it’s upto the individual to assess risks, but from what I’m seeing I’d see the risk of death from C19 being so much higher than the risk of death from the vaccine that I’d definitely be having the vaccine, but I think that must be a choice except for where people are unable to make rational choices for themselves , or, where people are proven incapable of following social distancing rules.