Hypothetical: Will you get a COVID vaccine?

[icedcoffee]

Interested in people's thoughts here.  Let's say a vaccine is available this fall.  Will you and/or your children be getting it?

[icedcoffee]

Brought to you by a thread in one of my other groups that most people are saying no they will not. I'll admit that the idea of a new vaccine is scary, but I think we will all get it when available.

But anyway--most of this makes me very nervous because a vaccine is really only truly effective if mass people get it.

[wildrice]

Hmm. I was going to say "absolutely!" but I think this fall is really soon for it to have been properly developed and tested. So I guess it depends on what the risks could be this fall? I don't know enough about vaccines to really be able to say what risks I'd even be concerned about.

Once we have a vaccine we can trust is safe to administer, I will absolutely get one.

[cjcouple]

No.

[circa1978]

Yes, I will. Well, with the qualification that I personally know doctors in vaccine research who are testing a vaccine and I guess if they thought there was any reason not to, I wouldn't. But I think the biggest risk is generally just that it doesn't work or doesn't work completely.

[scout8]

Yes

[MixedBerryJam]

I am all in on getting vaccines generally and when they first started talking about developing one I assumed I’d be first in line. But no, I will not be among the early adopters of Operation HasteMakesWaste or whatever the fuck that project is called.

I assume I’ll get it eventually, like I always do.

[ssmjlm]

I can't see why I wouldn't have us get it. I guess it would depend on the research status.

I remember when Gardasil was first introduced and how polarizing that was. I can see how the response could be similar in terms of buy-in, but I personally can't see that it would much harm. I would probably be more afraid of it giving people a false sense of security.

[tripleshot]

Yes

[timorousbeastie]

Absolutely yes. I’d even be willing to be part of the trials, if any were happening near me. And I say that as someone who is usually very hesitant about new medicines that haven’t had many years of data behind them.

[fivechickens]

Yes, eventually.

[blondemoment123]

This fall if available? No.
But next fall definitely.

[shopgirl07]

Of course.

[nospaekae]

Yes and no.

I'm a huge proponent of vaccines and will most likely get the COVID vaccine when/if it comes out. POOF. I think even their 18 month timeline is a stretch. If we see a vaccine soon, I would be a bit skeptical. Not necessarily safety-wise, but effectiveness.

[Mrs.flang]

I guess I'm naive in that I mostly trust the government (at large) and the medical profession to provide the facts and risks, so barring anything like that, I can't see why I wouldn't get it.

Didn't they come out with a vaccine for H1N1 really quickly? Was that because it was a form of the flu?

[Doggy Mommy]

Yes, assuming our doctors and epidemiologists recommend it. I’ll be working in 2 schools this fall and dh is high risk. We need to be vaccinated, even if it just offers some level or protection. However I would want us both to have antibody testing first. We both had some mystery illnesses in the last few months and some people at work have tested positive for antibodies.

[suzyp]

Absolutely.

When? Not sure. I trust the doctors and researchers. I don't trust Trump, so it's hard for me to trust that super fast vaccine has been tested appropriately.

Oddly, I would be okay with being part of a trial.

[agnes]

Normally I would say yes, of course. But with this administration, I'm a bit hesitant.

[VillainV]

Assuming it’s gone through robust clinical testing, yes, I would. Likely the military will require me to get it when it’s available.

[cmeon]

The consensus from both the scientific and medical communities has been that early next year is the best we can hope for- so, I would be extremely suspicious about a vaccine "ready" this fall. And that has everything to do with my distrust of our current government, I trust vaccine science.

[lovelyshoes]

Not this Fall, maybe next Spring. I do not trust this administration.

[isabel]

If our pediatrician recommends it, yes. He would have to tell us why he doesn’t want to administer it to convince me not to vaccinate my kids and myself.

[CurlyQ284]

Weeks ago I was thinking absolutely.

I've been listening to This Podcast Will Kill You and in some episodes they talk about vaccine development for the disease of the episode and sometimes they are....not great at first. That really worried me. I meant to look into gardasil to see if they changed the vaccine after its introduction, thinking maybe that was more an issue in the 50s etc than now but it gives me pause.

[joy]

Jun 8, 2020 9:20:01 GMT -5 circa1978 said:

Yes, I will. Well, with the qualification that I personally know doctors in vaccine research who are testing a vaccine and I guess if they thought there was any reason not to, I wouldn't. But I think the biggest risk is generally just that it doesn't work or doesn't work completely.

I’m a scientist in pharma. I fall here.

[glw]

Yes. I'm signed up for clinical trials but haven't been called so far.

[rooster222]

No. I don't trust that a vaccine developed so quickly has been adequately proven to be safe.

[nsl]

Yes. I'm a teacher, H is a physician, and we have two kids in two different schools. Our exposure risk is huge, and unless there is reason to think that the vaccine won't be safe (this is where I'm going to trust H and my other scientist/doctor friends) we'll all be getting it.

[wambam]

As long as it’s been vetted and the FDA/CDC/whoever has the authority to say it’s safe, says it’s safe - I’ll get it

[Cappy]

Yes.

[thelurkylulu]

No, not initially. I will wait for at least a year. I waited a couple of years to vaccinate our kids with Gardasil as well.