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Will the New Vaccines Be Safe?

12/11/2020

 
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Don't we all want to know? UCSF Magazine had me ask experts for a personal take on vaccine safety, encompassing  a variety of perspectives from the university's medical and health schools and research centers. Despite numerous updates that delayed publication as vaccine news changed daily, the story went live in a sweet spot in the news cycle,  just on the cusp of the FDA's Emergency Use Approval for the first U.S. vaccine. 

"Two months [of safety data from a broad population] is not unreasonable for people who have the highest risk of COVID-19 exposure and the lowest risk of adverse vaccine reactions – people who have more to gain from a vaccine – such as primary care providers and first responders. If I were in this group, I would say, “OK, two months will do for me.” Read more.


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