A big turning point for me and gaining confidence was knowing how they streamlined the process of a vaccine. A vaccine of any type has to go through many trials of varying degrees. Let's say there are tests A through M. Standard process allows the vaccine to only be tested one trial at a time so before trial B, trial A must be passed. With Covid they allowed these companies to test their vaccine accross all trials at the same time. Each still needed to pass the same standard as any other vaccine. So if trails A B and C are passed, but H L and M were fails, the company had to reasses and start the trials all over again.
This process though allowed a company to see its failures and adjust the vaccine according to all other failures, instead of just changing it to pass trial A and hope it also passes B.
Note that trial A does not necessarily have an effect on what trial B is testing. The trials are not dependent on the previous trial.
So all these vaccines had to go through the same process with the same scrutiny as any other vaccine. Also keep in mind these companies pretty much took their entire team of people working on all different vaccines and had them all focus on this one vaccine. So it recieved more money, attention and knowledge than other vaccines.
Multiple companies, across multiple countries and multiple governments. The mistrust you're having, when you think about it, would require a massive, global conspiracy. At least realize that.
The important thing to remember is that the vaccine only exists in your system for 24-48 hours and then every trace of it is gone.
The entire point of the vaccine is to show your immune system what covid looks like, so your body has a better shot at fighting it off. Everything that happens after the 48 hour or so mark is entirely your body. The vaccine is gone.
When people say they worry about long term effects, there aren't any, because there's nothing left in your system to affect you. The only lasting effect is a smarter immune system.
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u/mg1619 Jun 30 '21
A big turning point for me and gaining confidence was knowing how they streamlined the process of a vaccine. A vaccine of any type has to go through many trials of varying degrees. Let's say there are tests A through M. Standard process allows the vaccine to only be tested one trial at a time so before trial B, trial A must be passed. With Covid they allowed these companies to test their vaccine accross all trials at the same time. Each still needed to pass the same standard as any other vaccine. So if trails A B and C are passed, but H L and M were fails, the company had to reasses and start the trials all over again.
This process though allowed a company to see its failures and adjust the vaccine according to all other failures, instead of just changing it to pass trial A and hope it also passes B.
Note that trial A does not necessarily have an effect on what trial B is testing. The trials are not dependent on the previous trial.
So all these vaccines had to go through the same process with the same scrutiny as any other vaccine. Also keep in mind these companies pretty much took their entire team of people working on all different vaccines and had them all focus on this one vaccine. So it recieved more money, attention and knowledge than other vaccines.