MWANGI: Compelling reasons to trust fast-tracked Covid vaccines
Tuesday March 09 2021
Summary
If the immunity against Covid-19 following vaccination wanes with time there will be need for continued vaccinations.
This is not new as it is similar to our response to influenza viruses.
As ever, our response to Covid-19 has been a series of huge learning curves.
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Since vaccines take years to develop, why trust the Covid-19 ones of less than 12 months?
The rapid development of the Covid-19 vaccines is the result of the deliberate elimination of historical limitations to the speed of making vaccines and rolling them out. It is not lack of comprehensive evaluation of the vaccine’s efficacy and safety.