How'd They Make the Vaccine So Quick? (Patreon)

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.