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As pressure for coronavirus vaccine mounts, scientists debate risks of accelerated testing

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By Julie Steenhuysen

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I, too, want to see the rapid development of a covid-19 vaccine, but there is a reason why rules and regulations are in place for testing new drugs before they are released upon the public. To those too young to remember the 1950s and 1960s, google "thalidomide babies." A drug was widely released whose avowed purpose was to help with the uncomfortable symptoms of being pregnant, but which caused many, many birth defects, because it was released before being tested.

There is a real need for a vaccine for this latest epidemic, but the ones to decide whether it is ready to be released should be scientists, not corporate bean counters and uneducated political appointees.

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A rush for a vaccine is how I Am Legend got started, haha! Anyway. . . let the sheeple be the big pharma Guinea Pigs ... I'll wait for the proven, tested version.

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Scary times, you would think with the worlds super computers and brilliant minds a vaccine would happen faster.

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Vaccines need to be properly tested before being used on the public.

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