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In reply to the discussion: "The vaccine was rushed." [View all]Ocelot II
(115,946 posts)3. It wasn't rushed in the first place. The mRNA technology that made it possible
has been in development for at least a decade. The reason it took as long as it did to make the vaccines available (which wasn't very long at all, as such things go) is that there had to be field trials to be sure it worked and didn't cause side effects, and then large quantities had to be produced and distributed. It took only 10 days to sequence the virus itself back in January of 2020, and after that, because of the cut and paste process used in creating mRNA vaccines, the whole process took much less time than the creation of older vaccines. More here: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-coronavirus-vaccine-development-speed
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It wasn't rushed in the first place. The mRNA technology that made it possible
Ocelot II
Jan 2022
#3
Yes. The very point I was preparing to post. 10 years in development, including trials
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#20
2013, Rabies, influenza, Zika and more. 2001 first trial of mRNA. 2008 first mRNA vaccine
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#52
part of the reason the vaccine was released quickly is it performed so well in Pfizer's trial
cadoman
Jan 2022
#8
The various Covid vaccines have been more thoroughly tested than Covid infection itself...
RockRaven
Jan 2022
#10
Even assuming there are unforeseen side effects that won't kick in until years later,
Ocelot II
Jan 2022
#18
Tell them that researchers at MIT started work on the mRNA technology in the 70's.
pnwmom
Jan 2022
#12
These RNA vaccines are the culmination of more than 2 decades of work. The problem...
NNadir
Jan 2022
#14
Testing steps normally done sequentially were done simultaneously but they were STILL done.
CousinIT
Jan 2022
#32
Every single excuse used to deny or refuse the vaccine can be boiled down to this:
Orrex
Jan 2022
#33
I was paranoid as heck while they were 'rushing' through developing the vaccine.
PatrickforB
Jan 2022
#36
The development of the COVID vaccines was the culmination of many years of progress.
DickKessler
Jan 2022
#44
I think people have forgotten that experts, including Fauci, said a vaccine would take a long time.
former9thward
Jan 2022
#45