re: Covid19 vaccine developer puts trials on hold after volunteer has serious adverse reaction

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You do realize that 30,000 people will have been given the vaccine before even the very first patient outside of the clinical trial could receive it right?

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30,000 is a drop in the bucket. It tells you nothing about real world safety.

It took 20 million people to take Vioxx before it was pulled from the market after causing 38,000 deaths from myocardial infarction.

How many terrified people do you think would line up to take a vaccine in the first 6 months it was available in this crisis?

My guess is 500 million worldwide.

If it is 50% safer than Vioxx it would only cause about 475,000 deaths.

Roll it out boys!
There is money to be made!