Did they shut everything down in those days?
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The max vaccination program was shut down about a month after it started while they determined what happened and made adjustments-then it started again.
I was one of the students vaccinated back then, but our school was lucky—it did not get the cutter variety.
In addition, the next year had contamination from SV40 and that wasn’t discovered for a few years, IIRC.
There were also problems with the oral vaccine in the beginning.
I do get some vaccines. Not the flu vax, and not usually the first time around for new stuff. Just my preference
Which, at its core, is what this saga is about.
If we were facing runaway Ebola with a 80%+ fatality rate if you contract it, many would be lining up for it. But we're facing a pretty nasty virus with a 'low' fatality rate of about 0.4% if you get it, where 94% of those dying from it have at least one comorbidity.
Thus, letting others be the crash-test dummy for safety controls isn't an unwise move.