Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by dwaltrip on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @03:24PM
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In the history of vaccines, virtually all side effects show up in the first few months. It isn’t too early to know they are safe.
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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by nverno on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @03:32PM
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It isn't too early to /think/ they are safe (a subjective judgement since they do harm a small percentage of people, just like the debate whether the virus is 'bad' or not). It is impossible to know with certainty if there are long-term effects, and predictions made from past events are obviously uncertain.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by _moof on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @05:25PM
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Is this a standard that you've applied to all medical care you've ever received, or is this particular to this vaccine? For example, have you ever taken medicine or received a treatment that was invented in the past 50 years, and if so, why didn't you feel the need to wait for an entire human generation to go by first?
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by hackinthebochs on Thursday September 30, 2021 @09:54PM
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Treatment is usually for a condition that is acute or severely altering one's quality of life. The calculation is how any unknown long term sides weigh against the immediate danger or reduction in quality of life. It is an entirely different calculation for a prophylactic that may have unknown side effects.