Wait, you take the shots in front of the kids to get them to take them?
What happened to lollipops?
Kamala Harris says she wouldn't trust Trump on safety of Covid vaccine before election
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What happened to lollipops?
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We usually give them to the bear, but if we actually do have an adult on hand who needs a shot too at the time we are giving them to little ones, we have given them to adults in front of kids before so they see it doesn't hurt us and we get to pick out a cute cartoon character bandaid as well. I have received a shot in front of kids too. (This is easy to do when everyone would get our annual flu shots at the clinic)
We do not hand out lollipops anymore though, we hand out stickers, sticker books, crayons and coloring books though. Sometimes we get really cool toy prizes donated to give out to kids by medical supply and equipment or pharmaceutical reps. The flying monkeys were fun.
Just in case you misunderstood, we have a " Vaccine Teddy Bear" that we used to show kids how to get vaccinated so they understood what was happening to them and were not afraid.
Ah, I see. So therefore, taking a shot is more bear-able for them.
YES!
Just google " vaccine teddy bear" and you will see what I am talking about. HAHA
I played in the dirt too. Far more than most given I grew up on a reservation and then a farm. I still got sick. I still get a flu shot every year now. The last time I got the flu without a flu shot I was severely ill. Even when getting the flu after getting a flu shot, it is so much more mild due to the shot so is still better.
Kamela Harris is not antivaxxer.
Not trusting Trump =\= not Trusting in vaccinations. Most people do not trust Trump for good reason.
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Not trusting Trump =\= not Trusting in vaccinations. Most people do not trust Trump for good reason.
I just don't trust pharmaceutical companies and the toxic political climate that is influencing the process of the vaccine. If the virus came out after the election, then I wouldn't be so worried.
The major Pharmaceutical players have too much to lose by releasing an unsafe ineffective vaccine in this case due to the sheer size of the spotlight on them. They can't afford for this to go wrong and too much to gain from getting this right. They would be better off not releasing the vaccine at all than releasing a bad vaccine. They ALL want to be the hero that saves the world. NONE of them want to be the one who screwed it up. Purdue, the company involved with Oxycontin is not involved with the COVID-19 vaccine. You have to keep in mind that each of these companies are all separate entities.
Right now, the companies who are in phase 3 of their Vaccination trials in the US are Pfizer, BioNTech , AstraZeneca , and Moderna.
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Given how rushed the vaccine is. I have already told my family, and friends not to take it when it first comes out. They rushed the first, second, and third phrase testing trials, and are likely rushing the manufacturing.
It's also likely to go to first responders, front line healthcare workers, and the elderly before it gets to me.
It's also likely to go to first responders, front line healthcare workers, and the elderly before it gets to me.
Pfizer is expecting initial results one way or the other in late October:
www.fiercepharma.com
Oxford's AstraZenca just started their phase 3 in the US, but had already been testing in the UK:
Moderna is at 71% enrollment in their phase 3 trial:
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Pfizer CEO says coronavirus vaccine data will roll in fast enough for results late October
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the company has enrolled about 23,000 people for its phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial, and the way things are going, initial results should be ready in late October. If the numbers are positive, the company would be ready to ask FDA for an authorization immediately.
Oxford's AstraZenca just started their phase 3 in the US, but had already been testing in the UK:
Moderna is at 71% enrollment in their phase 3 trial:
Moderna Reports 71% Enrollment in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial | The Motley Fool
The race to develop the first coronavirus vaccine continues.
You'll get a lot of sick doctors and EMTs before you'll get the chance to try the vaccine
We already have had a lot of sick doctors and EMT's. Even more than ever should have because Trump's administration denied first responders access to PPE.
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I think this will all just turn out like the Spanish Influenza. Hundreds of scientists will work around the clock to desperately find a cure only for the virus to naturally peter out and life moves on.
They aren't necesarily "rushed" in a bad way.
Normally a project will have X much resources, and there are limitations on how fast it can be done due to these: funding and staffing for R&D, access to patients, regulatory bureaucracy, etc. In crisis, the system can "clear the decks", so to speak, and dedicate resources and streamline procedure intensively.
For instance, if organisations like the NHS (UK) or NIH (USA) throw their resources in, trials can be done extremely quickly. However, this isn't done regularly because it's paid from public funds, and in normal circumstances it's up to the pharmaceutical firm to pay. Similarly, you imagine the average regulatory agency such as the FDA, bureaucracy shuffles through at a normal work rate pace. If you have a drug/vaccine that is flagged "urgent", then when the paperwork arrives you drop everything, sort it out and pass it on, hold an emergency ad hoc committee meeting instead of waiting for the normal scheduled one, etc.
Depends what you mean.
The basic pre-trial scientific development time is comparable to other vaccines, and it is entering more extensive trials in a time frame similar to other vaccines. This would suggest that notionally, at a scientific level it is following a development course similar to others. That said, there are significant concerns. Firstly, a lack of transparency in supporting information about its development, and suggestions of ethical breaches in the safety trials. Either might lead to rejected approval in many countries.
If we mean approval, Russia has most definitely rushed approval for use (in Russia) as it plainly had not completed (or even started) the trials normally demanded. I don't see other countries ready to approve it for that reason, or much evidence of it being rolled out in Russia despite approval. That (and the name) is why I think the approval was a PR stunt by the Russian government: they wanted to put up Russia to the world as a country that could keep pace with the West, Japan, China, etc. If the vaccine ends up effective and well used, great. If not, oh well. But they got their headlines even if the latter is true.
Being an American must be like being a character in some dystopian novel.