In this video Dr. Whitney Casares (a Stanford trained, Portland Oregon Pediatrician) makes the following points as to why the quickly developed covid-19 vaccines are safe.
In the past it took years to get buy-in and funding for vaccine development
In this case [with covid-19] we saw the disease up close and personal - we knew we had to do something to combat it to keep children and adults safe
Back when we had Polio we didn't have the coordination and technology that we have now to make a quickly developed vaccine happen
The only point that really applies is point #2, and it doesn't really address why the vaccine is safe, just how we developed it so quickly. So I ask, what was the point of this video?
I'll make two of my own points:
It's generally understood that healthy children aren't at risk to Covid-19 in any significant way.
Covid-19 vaccines used in the US are still considered experimental and available under emergency use authorization. Pfizer/BioNtech's Comirnaty, while FDA approved, is not yet available in the US. (You could make the argument it's only a formality as Comirnaty is understood to be the same as the Pfizer EUA vaccine. It's still interesting that Comirnaty in its FDA approved form is not available yet.)
In this video Dr. Whitney Casares (a Stanford trained, Portland Oregon Pediatrician) makes the following points as to why the quickly developed covid-19 vaccines are safe.
The only point that really applies is point #2, and it doesn't really address why the vaccine is safe, just how we developed it so quickly. So I ask, what was the point of this video?
I'll make two of my own points: