It wasn’t ready in time just due to years of research. The clinical trial phase of a vaccine alone takes 10 years and needs to test tens of thousands of people. This was condensed to 1 year due to how deadly the covid virus was.
You're talking about actual vaccine conspiracy theorist, I’m not talking about those people. There were a considerable amount of people who were not opposed to vaccines, but they felt the clinical trials for the COVID vaccine were rushed.
I’m referring specifically to the “people were scared of the Covid vaccine but get the flu shot every year” comments. People had a legitimate reason to be apprehensive.
COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of many with its devastating mortality and morbidity. Acquisition of herd immunity is one way to mitigate the spread of infection. Many factors influence the acceptance of vaccination including the regulatory ...
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“There has been a lot of skepticism around the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination.
This skepticism has been present and persisted since the inception of the vaccine, due to an accelerated development and production schedule.”