“Historically with a vaccine, the terrible (serious adverse events) that we’re always worried about actually present themselves in a matter of weeks,” Djavaherian, an ER doctor who leads the pandemic response at Carbon Health, a national primary and urgent care provider. “We’re not seeing that type of spike . in the weeks we see people taking the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.”
Experts say Americans should feel confident in the vaccines now based on the data. The U.S Food and Drug Administration released a 53-page evaluation that confirmed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective and safe.
Another 54-page FDA evaluation also confirmed Moderna’s vaccine is safe and effective. It is likely to be authorized Friday by the FDA.
Beverly Askey doesn’t want to get the COVID-19 vaccine right away.
Although the 69-year-old is in a high-risk group because of her age, and has a medical background as a nurse, she wants to wait before making the decision.
“I would rather reserve my decision until I’m absolutely positive … I’m not going to jump on the bandwagon,” Askey said. “I don’t know what it’s going to take for me to be positive but it’s going to take more information than I currently have.”
Many Americans think like Askey. An ABC News/Ipsos poll released Monday found more than eight in 10 Americans would receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but 44% said they would wait a bit before getting it.
Some Americans aren t in a rush to get a COVID-19 vaccine; experts understand but say there s no need to wait Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
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Beverly Askey doesn’t want to get the COVID-19 vaccine right away.
Although Askey, 69, is in a high-risk group because of her age and has a medical background as a nurse, she wants to wait.
“I would rather reserve my decision until I’m absolutely positive. … I’m not going to jump on the bandwagon,” Askey said. “I don’t know what it’s going to take for me to be positive, but it’s going to take more information than I currently have.”
“Historically with a vaccine, the terrible (serious adverse events) that we’re always worried about actually present themselves in a matter of weeks,” Djavaherian, an ER doctor who leads the pandemic response at Carbon Health, a national primary and urgent care provider. “We’re not seeing that type of spike . in the weeks we see people taking the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.”
Experts say Americans should feel confident in the vaccines now based on the data. The U.S Food and Drug Administration released a 53-page evaluation that confirmed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective and safe.
Another 54-page FDA evaluation also confirmed Moderna’s vaccine is safe and effective. It is likely to be authorized Friday by the FDA.
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The epic global effort to develop a Covid-19 vaccine has been unmatched in its scale, speed, and scientific advances. Now a vaccine for the disease, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, is on the verge of being rolled out in the US under an emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration, raising hopes of an end to the pandemic.
But the vaccine’s potential to provide immunity to the broader population is now threatened by a massive logistical hurdle in actually getting it to people safely: keeping the vaccine doses cold.
Vaccines are fragile drugs that demand strict temperature controls lest they spoil. And they spoil a lot. According to the World Health Organization, about half of the vaccines distributed around the world go to waste, in large part because of a failure to properly control storage temperatures. That in turn undermines efforts to contain and eradicate disease.