I haven't sen anything to suggest that corners are being cut in trying to be first. At least one of the companies has said they will be providing the vaccine on a not for profit basis.
OH and I will have the vaccine when it is offered.  Possum too.  We all keep our vaccines up to date and, in some cases such as meningitis and cervical cancer vaccines for Possum, I have paid to have them as soon as they became available rather than wait for the Belgian NHS system to catch up and make them freely available.  Same with OH and me for the shingles vaccine which is free once you hit 70. I've seen its effect on a woman in her late 20s and didn't want to wait.Â
We will also have the vaccine as soon as it is offered, as will my daughter which did surprise me a bit when she told me. I've had the shingles one as my Mum had it very bad and I had to nurse her for weeks, also had the pneumonia one. My father (bn 1905) was always dead against any vaccines so we didn't have any of the children's ones. I really had to fight him to get a smallpox one done before a school holiday to Switzerland where they had had an outbreak - which was then deemed not necessary a couple of days before we went! I still have the scar on my arm.
I don't believe the scare stories but I am a bit concerned that corners might have been cut in the race to be first with the vaccine. I would probably have it if it's offered to me.
From what I understand the process has been changed so that various stages of development are being carried out in tandem rather than one after the other. Apparently there's no reason not to do this but normally time isn't such a critical factor so they don't dedicate so much staff and resources to the normal development of a single drug. No corners are allowed to be cut with this type of thing but you can make the process quicker by doing it this way.
The way I see it if there was any risk at all the Government wouldn't prioritise medical and care staff as the first people to receive the vaccines. It would be like some ridiculous disaster movie if we put all the medical staff out of action during a pandemic.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@wild edges is quite right, as well as parallel development, most of the vaccine companies have forged ahead with production, taking a big risk that it might a)not work b)not be approved.This means as soon as it is approved they can release what they have already made, normally all these processes would be performed one after the other, this is what eats up the time.
Definitely. Haven't had any for a while but we had quite a collection. IÂ also found a finger of my gardening glove poking out of the soil. Plants vs Zombies in the back garden
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