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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by CogitoCogito on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:05PM (#28277980)
It has emergency approval. The CDC decided the result of waiting for a full approval would likely cost more than allowing it early.

Also to be fair it's not like they just rushed it out the door. There are probably very few things on the market (short of fully approved pharmaceuticals) that have been through more testing than these "rushed" vaccines.

edit: https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/vaccines/emerge...

Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by ramesh31 on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:21PM (#28278237)
A great point. The same people decrying a vaccine that has been safely administered to nearly a billion people at this point and extensively studied will be the first ones to try all sorts of untested homeopathic and "alternative" nonsense.
Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by bratcomplex on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:58PM (#28278783)
This this a Bifurcation of the issue. lumping people whom; have a cation bias, are alt medicine nuts, classic anti vaxers, etc, together shuts down discourse and divides people.
Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by myWindoonn on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @11:36AM (#28290248)
I don't know why people are disagreeing with you. Look how many people are begging for "thoughts and prayers", a totally useless gesture with no medical benefits. Religious cures are an example of alternative nonsense. Ironically, it's not untested; we know that it doesn't work.
Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by h_anna_h on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:27PM (#28278321)
Citation needed. This to me seems like an attempt to group various people who disagree with you and classify them as lunatics.
Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by nitrogen on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:39PM (#28278504)
Indeed, there are plenty of people who "believe in science" and trust authority figures, who believe in various forms of woo.

We can do better than guilt by association. It's a very weak argument, and turns more people away from potential vaccination. In fact insulting the remaining audience is worse than preaching to the choir, because it even turns away people who were previously 100% on one's side.