Polled opposition to receiving a Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. and other countries is amazingly high given that no such vaccine even exists yet, nor has one been designated. Only a small part of this can be attributed to any “traditional” vaccine opposition, which was always a small if vocal minority.
Part can be attributed to correct thinking that hastily-developed vaccines, such as the rushed “swine flu” shot in 1976 are simply a bad idea. Notwithstanding that the basic process of developing and growing flu vaccines goes back many decades, that particularly one authorized by a panicky Pres. Gerald Ford (He was told the country might be facing a new “Spanish Flu”) left paralysis and apparently some deaths in its wake before being halted. So a vaccine development program with the name “Operation Warp Speed” isn’t going to inspire much confidence.
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