Trust the science. The benefits of a COVID-19 vaccine far outweigh the risks.
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Post Bulletin Editorial Board |
6:00 am, Dec. 19, 2020
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Just days before the Food and Drug Administration-approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, Army Gen. Gus F. Perna was asked about his greatest fear.
"My biggest fear," he told CBS News, "is that we will deliver the vaccine and America won't want it."
Perna is chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, the logistical marvel designed to deliver 300 million doses of vaccine to Americans as quickly as possible while ensuring that the vaccines are safe and that they work.
Still, some have their doubts about the vaccines' safety. The science is new. The timeline was compressed. What about side effects?