RE: Doom and gloom16 Nov 2020 17:22
Welcome GAZ85, great first post and I hope you stop lurking and continue to contribute! You are exactly correct, the logistics even in the UK are a huge undertaking. Even more so in countries where the populations are more sparse and their infrastructure not so good... even if they can afford it. Testing will surely have to remain in these countries.
In addition to the above, there's still these elephants in the room too:
-How strong will the uptake be? I'm not anti-vax by any means, but I fail to understand how any pharma company can delcare their vaccine safe and clear of any longer term side effects at this time or any time soon. They can test vaccines on as many people as they like, but they do not have time machines and can't confirm it will not cause any future chronic autoimmune problems (as my research indicates this seems to be the main risk associated with this type of vaccine). Lets also take into consideration liability exemption such as with AZ ( shorturl.at/atwHS ) Scary stuff IMO.
- A continuation of the above, how do you convince the majority of a population to have a rushed vaccine for something which most people are not at any significant risk from. If you can't do this, you need to vaccinate those who are most vulnerable... but will the vaccine be as effacacious in this group and will it be safe to give it to some of these people in the first instance?
- How long will protection last? If boosters are required, this will compound the logistics issue.
- Does the vaccine stop you becoming infectious, or does it just stop you from being symptomatic?