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Vaccine research vs. anti-vax research
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It is stupid as fuck to worry about the "long term effects" of a vaccine but not the disease it's vaccinating against.
No it's not. Here's an instance where vaccines helped spread polio:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/02/vaccine-derived-polio-spreads-in-africa-after-defeat-of-wild-virus
The mRNA vaccines were different than this though (not using a live virus), but mRNA is a newer method that hasn't had the same level of testing as other vaccines. Probably good to take some precautions, especially when the virus in question (covid) has a 99% survival rate