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Scientific reasons for waiting to get the COVID vaccine
American Thinker ^ | 07/08/2021 | Pandra Selivanov
Posted on 7/8/2021, 9:25:37 AM by SeekAndFind

I voted for Donald Trump twice, but that has nothing to do with my hesitancy to get the vaccine. I’m a Christian, and that has nothing to do with it, either. Even the fact that I had COVID and should be immune doesn’t matter to me. My reason is based on science and science alone. It’s still an experimental vaccine; it doesn’t have FDA approval; and although mRNA vaccines have been studied for years, they were not used before.

My biggest fear of the vaccine is that I can’t get any information about why mRNA vaccines were not used before COVID. I can Google plenty of information about how wonderful the vaccine is, but I can’t find anything at all about why mRNA vaccines were not approved for human trials before.

There is a lot of invective directed at people who are hesitant about getting the vaccine. I have been called a murderer for being hesitant, and I have been accused of refusing to get the vaccine because of my political leanings. I’ve also been called a religious fanatic. I don’t think asking about the science of mRNA vaccination means that I am a Jesus freak, a Trumpanzee, or a serial killer. When I am called these names, it doesn’t make me think I should agree with the name-callers and run out to get the vaccine. It makes me think that if I am being treated hatefully for asking scientific questions, there must be something wrong with the science of the vaccine.

Is mRNA unstable and likely to cause unwanted side-effects? Does it create an unacceptably strong immune response?

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