#1 Because of the replicability of drug trials over the last 30 years is under 30%.
#2 Because hiring at large pharma companies has been done with melanin and bedroom practice far outweighs any skill set.
#3 A safe and effective vaccine cannot be developed in months. Bioweapons sure can be.
#4 I didn’t have much faith in the media, medical establishment, or the government to start with.
“A safe and effective vaccine cannot be developed in months.”
That was the bottom line for me. There was a lot of waving of arms, pounding the table, and name calling—but none of that can replace years of careful scientific study of the safety of vaccines.
We still have no clue of the long term side effects for different types of people.
I was anti-vaxx before Covid as it related to the flu vaccine.
My wife got it every year and I did not—and she got the flu more often than I did.
I know that the study period for any drug or vaccine takes a long time to ensure safety. The drug companies have to do their due diligence in order to reduce the chances of being sued. A brand new tech takes a very long time.
For example Rituximab (monoclonal antibodies used in cancer treatment) was approved in Europe and Canada years before the USA. Even with human treatment (not trial) data the FDA waited another 6 years(Don’t quote me on that one) to authorize it in USA treatments. No way can you prove a new platform and a new payload in the short time they did. Simple risk vs award analysis in my own brain said to wait and see how it works. Then the hype and mandates started and it gave me more pause not less.
So I am still waiting for good truthful data on the products. Until I feel comfortable, the answer will be no thanks. Now if the disease had a 35-85 death date, I might be much more willing to gamble. It didn’t so I didn’t.