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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by DownGoat on Friday November 05, 2021 @11:08AM (#29120334)
Actually the long term risk of the covid-19 vaccines is well understood. You will not get a side effect from the vaccines in a year from now. For all of the vaccines created for any disease, the longest recorded period between taking the vaccine and side effects presenting is 6 weeks. 3.1 billion people are fully vaccinated for covid-19, many of them have been for longer than 6 weeks.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by Seredo on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:58PM (#29123387)
In Norway, some children developed narcolepsy after being vaccinated with Pandemrix. The average time from vaccine (or influensa) until developing narcolepsy was 8 months.

https://www.fhi.no/nyheter/2017/pandemi/ (in norwegian)

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by robocat on Friday November 05, 2021 @03:05PM (#29123485)
> You will not get a side effect from the vaccines in a year from now

There are possible severe negative effects due to vaccination, even if there are zero medical side effects. Herd vulnerability could cause widespread harm - there is a monoculture of immune responses and monocultures have vulnerabilities. I agree it's unlikely to have severe long term downsides, and the short-term gains are very significant. Note that I'm mostly pro vaccination.

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by apineda on Friday November 05, 2021 @03:36PM (#29123832)
I understand what well understood means but typically that also involves long term human clinical trials, and for a good reason.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by kickopotomus on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:05PM (#29122732)
The technology is not brand new. It has been used in labs for decades. This is just the first time it has been used in a drug for humans. All traces of the vaccine leave your body within days of receiving the shot.
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