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Are Covid-19 Vaccines Experimental? No, That's False. Here's Why (5-minute listen)
Many people have been saying that Covid-19 vaccines are "experimental" lately. It's an often repeated falsehood. They are not experimental. They were rigorously tested, found to have met established safety and efficacy standards, and authorized for use by competent and respectable regulatory bodies around the world. Key data pertaining to the vaccines and their development is also available publicly and to your local health authorities for their own inspection and analysis. In this 5-minute bonus, we extracted two clips, both from episodes of The Big Issues which aired on July 25th, in which a professor in once case, and a medical doctor in the other case, addressed the false claim that the vaccines available to us are experimental.
The interviewer is Kieron Murdoch. The interviewees appearing in this bonus are:
Important note: Misinformation and falsehoods surrounding Covid-19 and vaccination against it are everywhere. Around the globe, false information can be shared instantly. Misinformation originating in one place can soon become global by your simple decision to click share. Please go to reputable sources to get international and local news, not blogs and random users or pages on Facebook.
When you come across conflicting statements about Covid-19 and vaccines, web search to see if something you saw may be misinformation which has already been debunked. If you come across information and jargon which you cannot grasp, then you ought to seek the advice of a reputable medical professional to clarify, or your public health officials.
Random users on Facebook and Instagram, loosely circulating videos, forwarded messages on WhatsApp, memes, and internet jokes are NOT reliable sources of correct information on Covid-19 and vaccination. A post with false information can be written by someone in a minute, and through sharing, it can become a global conspiracy theory in a few days. False information and anti-vaccination sentiment have been around for decades. But repeating something over and over does not make it true. It must be shown to true or false, and withstand scrutiny.
Sometimes, someone may send you to an official website to see official reports with medical or biomedical information which they say proves their claims about Covid-19 or about vaccines. But such reports can be ,complex, easy to misunderstand, and easily taken out of context by untrained eyes, even when information therein appears straightforward. This then creates confusion and mistrust. Please seek clarity from reputable medical professionals and rely on your public health officials.
This bonus episode features extracts from episodes of The Big Issues which first aired on NewsCo Observer Radio 91.1 FM on July 25th, 2021. Get the latest news from Antigua and Barbuda at the Antigua Observer online.
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By The Big Issues Production TeamMany people have been saying that Covid-19 vaccines are "experimental" lately. It's an often repeated falsehood. They are not experimental. They were rigorously tested, found to have met established safety and efficacy standards, and authorized for use by competent and respectable regulatory bodies around the world. Key data pertaining to the vaccines and their development is also available publicly and to your local health authorities for their own inspection and analysis. In this 5-minute bonus, we extracted two clips, both from episodes of The Big Issues which aired on July 25th, in which a professor in once case, and a medical doctor in the other case, addressed the false claim that the vaccines available to us are experimental.
The interviewer is Kieron Murdoch. The interviewees appearing in this bonus are:
Important note: Misinformation and falsehoods surrounding Covid-19 and vaccination against it are everywhere. Around the globe, false information can be shared instantly. Misinformation originating in one place can soon become global by your simple decision to click share. Please go to reputable sources to get international and local news, not blogs and random users or pages on Facebook.
When you come across conflicting statements about Covid-19 and vaccines, web search to see if something you saw may be misinformation which has already been debunked. If you come across information and jargon which you cannot grasp, then you ought to seek the advice of a reputable medical professional to clarify, or your public health officials.
Random users on Facebook and Instagram, loosely circulating videos, forwarded messages on WhatsApp, memes, and internet jokes are NOT reliable sources of correct information on Covid-19 and vaccination. A post with false information can be written by someone in a minute, and through sharing, it can become a global conspiracy theory in a few days. False information and anti-vaccination sentiment have been around for decades. But repeating something over and over does not make it true. It must be shown to true or false, and withstand scrutiny.
Sometimes, someone may send you to an official website to see official reports with medical or biomedical information which they say proves their claims about Covid-19 or about vaccines. But such reports can be ,complex, easy to misunderstand, and easily taken out of context by untrained eyes, even when information therein appears straightforward. This then creates confusion and mistrust. Please seek clarity from reputable medical professionals and rely on your public health officials.
This bonus episode features extracts from episodes of The Big Issues which first aired on NewsCo Observer Radio 91.1 FM on July 25th, 2021. Get the latest news from Antigua and Barbuda at the Antigua Observer online.