> Just because you heard it in a podcast, doesn't make it true.
Sure - that's true of any source though, including those links you just posted. I included the podcast link because it was informative and the experts are trustworthy, whether you agree with that is up to you.
You're completely right about there being risk albeit small - but it's important to weigh up the risk on both sides which is why I think FDA emergency approval is important.
> there has never in the history of vaccines been side effects that wouldn't be detectable at this stage
In Europe several years after the H1N1 Pandemic, it was found that people who had received the vaccine for it were contracting narcolepsy, especially children[1].
Research[2] into it has been unable to determine the exact cause[3], but the conclusion of the CDC is still "An increased risk of narcolepsy was found following vaccination with Pandemrix, a monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine that was used in several European countries during the H1N1 influenza pandemic".
[1] https://sciencenorway.no/childrens-health-diseases-sleep/chi...
[2] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/history/narcoleps...
[3] https://www.statnews.com/2018/07/05/flu-vaccine-2009-pandemi...