The vaccines have passed all necessary tests
Misconception: Because vaccines usually take many years to develop, the Covid-19 vaccine has not had time to pass the same safety tests.
Facts: There are three main reasons why the Covid-19 vaccine could be developed so quickly.
Firstly, scientists received a huge amount of resources and money in a short amount of time.
Secondly, there was a great deal of interest among volunteers to participate in trials. (It usually takes a long time to recruit the number of volunteers that are needed for a vaccine to be approved.)
Thirdly, there was a lot of research that could be built on, for example about the SARS virus, which also belongs to the corona family.
HOW TO REASON WITH SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN THIS MYTH
– I don’t want to get vaccinated because the vaccine was developed so quickly.
– The vaccine against Covid-19 has undergone the same safety tests that all vaccines must undergo.
There is a misconception that some tests have been skipped to develop the vaccine so quickly, but that is not true.
– How could it be done so quickly then?
– Partly because the world invested an incredible amount of money and resources in developing the vaccines.
Another reason was that people volunteered to help test the vaccine. (Before a vaccine can be approved, it needs to be tested on lots of volunteers and it usually takes a long time to find so many.)
In addition, there was already a lot of research on similar viruses that researchers and companies could build upon.
Now a large proportion of the world’s population has been vaccinated and the vaccines are both safe and effective.
