I don't know a single person who isn't vaccinated who uses inconvenience as a reason for their decision.
You are suggesting that there may be adverse events linked to the mRNA vaccines. The most common of those would be inflammation of heart muscle tissue. There are a little over 1000 confirmed cases of that, mostly in people 30 years old or younger. The chances of it happening are infinitesimal, and thankfully these forms of heart inflammation are treatable as well.
May, could, believes, if true and most likely all used in the previous statement. This is exactly why people dont trust what they hear. Why not just say its too early to tell and not strike fear in the population. Unless the intent is fear and more knee jerk reactions in the name of a new variant.
You mean like this line from this story?
You are right. How dare I discuss something on a message board. Shame on me.
Yes there are stories out there from many sources that say we don't know. But why push stories about vaccine efficacy and if treatments will work or not? If you don't know don't say anything or state what facts you have. Why say Regeneron might not work when it could work? Why say the Moderna shot might not provide protection when it could? Being cautious isn't being silent its telling people what you know not what you think.You mean like this line from this story?
"But public health experts have urged caution, noting that there is as yet no firm evidence that Omicron is more dangerous than previous variants like Delta, which quickly overtook its predecessors in the United States and other countries."
Omicron: What We Know About the Dominant Coronavirus Variant
Versions of Omicron are highly transmissible and less susceptible to vaccines, but seem to cause less severe illness and fewer deaths among those who are immunized.www.nytimes.com
Plenty of stories out there saying, hey, this is an issue, but we don't know yet and don't panic. Cool to ignore that exactly what you complain about is right there in a publication I am sure you dismiss.
But to the larger point, science is never static (thank goodness). You want final answers for a question that we don't have yet. So what is the better course of action? Be cautious or not give a eff about your fellow man or take reasonable precautions. Don't tell me about your freedumb or your research.
It is embarrassing that my university has turned out so many folks who don't understand the very basics of biology, science and research.
Sounds like your problem is that you hang your hat on every word everyone says.
My point is that the media (all media) is trying to strike fear in people by printing things the way they do. Its a message board and we should say what we want. Lots of good info on here from various perspectives. That's what lacking in the news today. You have good info on here.
Its the opposite actually. This is all discussion fodder like politics and sports. Just stuff to talk about. Important stuff is a different animal.
It's important that we sift through the BS and use reason and logic to determine what may be plausible and what is confirmed. You are right, the media has a long history of pushing things just to push it. It's how they make their money. But we, as intelligent people, have the ability to think critically to determine what is and isn't important in the moment, and what could be noteworthy.
to play devil's advocate i might disagree with that assumption there is no motive on the premise that they have already sold stockpiles of those medicines to various governments, the cash is in the bank. a tweaked formula is a new sale that might otherwise have been unnecessary.
Seems like it would be a risky move. If we want to stick to financials, that statement is more likely to hurt than anything. I think investors are more likely to pull back on Moderna stock due to that statement, especially with BioNTech saying the opposite. Additionally, governments won't buy more stock until more definitive answers are known about Omicron and how the vaccines interact.
it's a solid counterpoint. the government is well invested in moderna and has been for years. moderna is a one-trick pony with a massively inflated valuation and a finance guy at the helm. it's not uncommon for them to use comments to the press to stir a response with investors.
A drop in stock prices initially but they know those prices will rise if a updated vaccine is produced to combat the variant. Risky? Maybe but they know the stock price is going back up eventually.
You mean like this line from this story?
"But public health experts have urged caution, noting that there is as yet no firm evidence that Omicron is more dangerous than previous variants like Delta, which quickly overtook its predecessors in the United States and other countries."
Omicron: What We Know About the Dominant Coronavirus Variant
Versions of Omicron are highly transmissible and less susceptible to vaccines, but seem to cause less severe illness and fewer deaths among those who are immunized.
Plenty of stories out there saying, hey, this is an issue, but we don't know yet and don't panic. Cool to ignore that exactly what you complain about is right there in a publication I am sure you dismiss.
But to the larger point, science is never static (thank goodness). You want final answers for a question that we don't have yet. So what is the better course of action? Be cautious or not give a eff about your fellow man or take reasonable precautions. Don't tell me about your freedumb or your research.
It is embarrassing that my university has turned out so many folks who don't understand the very basics of biology, science and research.
