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Nearly half of Americans hold some form of vaccine skepticism, poll finds (www.independent.co.uk)
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Only 39% of people in poll said that the science on vaccines ‘is clear and it is damaging to question it’

Nearly half of Americans are somewhat skeptical of vaccines, a new poll has found.

Some 46% of U.S. adults who responded to a Public First poll by Politico in March agreed that “facts on vaccines are still up for debate and it is damaging to enforce their uptake.”

In contrast, only 39% said that the science on vaccines “is clear and it is damaging to question it.”

The results of the survey are in line with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic and founder of the Republican “Make America Healthy Again” movement.

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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

Saw an Anime last year that was ok, but the subject was great. They created a drug that was so amazing it cured a lot of things and over the years of people having it they estimated it was taken by a huge percentage of the world by that point. Then they found out that it did have side effects and effected 100% of people that took it leading to death. I figured the plot was kind of taken from our current system of clinical trials where some drugs may be approved but you still dont know long term what may happen fully.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    You really can't get away from that. The alternative is that you test your new drug for 50 years before selling it to see if there are any bad long term effects. What we currently do is test for a shorter time, if everything looks good you can start selling it. However, the drug company and FDA do post market surveillance to find things like your examples.

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