Today, we go over the story of the covid vaccine development, and answer the question of how we know it is safe when it was developed so quickly.

Sources:
The 5 Stages of COVID-19 Vaccine Development: What You Need to Know About How a Clinical Trial Works: https://bit.ly/3qNRyWK
Preclinical Testing for Vaccines: https://bit.ly/2TItvw3
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Request: https://bit.ly/3hli72a
Pfizer and Moderna did not skip animal trials: https://bit.ly/36eJQeI
Evaluation of the MRNA-1273 Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates: https://bit.ly/2UB9rfh
Moderna Designed Its Coronavirus Vaccine in Just 2 Days: https://bit.ly/3qQMCQS
There are four types of COVID-19 vaccines: here’s how they work: https://bit.ly/2TzKxwE
mRNA vaccines against H10N8 and H7N9 influenza viruses of pandemic potential are immunogenic and well tolerated in healthy adults in phase 1 randomized clinical trials: https://bit.ly/3hMtkb0
Health officials, AAP urge COVID-19 vaccination despite rare myocarditis cases: https://bit.ly/3AAxhs3
How the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine Works: https://nyti.ms/3hGOO9l
How Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Works: https://nyti.ms/3AKRjQS
How the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine Works: https://nyti.ms/3dOG3ZV
How the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Works: https://nyti.ms/3dQ79j3
COVID-19 (coronavirus): Long-term effects: https://mayocl.in/3hI1Pj1
Are there long-term side effects caused by mRNA COVID-19 vaccines? How do we know?: https://bit.ly/3dNPZ5C
How we know the COVID vaccine won't have long term side effects?: https://bit.ly/3AD1nLo
Pros and Cons of Adenovirus-Based SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: https://bit.ly/2SQOJrg
Long-term follow-up of study participants from prophylactic HIV vaccine clinical trials in Africa: https://bit.ly/3dMjxAz
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine: benefits and risks in context | European Medicines Agency: https://bit.ly/3xmTJ68
Concerned about the latest AstraZeneca news? These 3 graphics help you make sense of the risk: https://bit.ly/3hmsxyy
Annex to Vaxzevria Art.5.3 - Visual risk contextualisation: https://bit.ly/3ynJqyK
New information for parents on myocarditis and COVID-19 vaccines: https://bit.ly/3jSb3vY
Full approval could make the difference for the US COVID-19 vaccine campaign: https://bit.ly/3AzdQ2R
Most COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations are in Unvaccinated: https://cle.clinic/3hGRrYQ
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations - Statistics and Research - Our World in Data: https://bit.ly/3xweDzG

Update:
Since recording this video, it has been discovered that Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare side effect of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine - 100 cases have developed, out of over 12 million doses given. Remember, when you give a vaccine to millions of people, side effects that only have a one in a million chance of occurring are going to be discovered (yes, I know that's not how the math works out here, it's just an expression).

Given that Guillain-Barre is also a potential side effect for Covid, as well as many other known potential long-term effects, I'd still take my chances with the J&J vaccine. It is also an important part of the public health aspect of the vaccinations - being a single dose vaccine, it is the preferred brand for people that are more likely to miss an appointment for a second dose - like the homeless, for instance.

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