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Originally Posted by papa smurf
Does that tell you what effect it will have on the human body in five years time, what if thousands of people start to die of the same thing and it's traced back to one of the vaccines , only the passage of time will let us know and as far as i know there is no way to jump forward five years to check.
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But that’s not the reason why clinical trials have previously taken longer. They weren’t testing for long-term side effects, it was simply a function of available resources. Exceptional levels of resource have been poured into covid vaccine development and decisions that might have sat in a queue for deliberation and investment decision months down the line have been pushed to the top of the in-tray.
There is nothing about the way this vaccine works that gives reason to think that serious side effects will appear after an extended period. On the other hand, after the time we’ve just had, we can absolutely quantify the loss of life and economic damage caused by spending 5 years pursuing further trial data.