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By Rob Verkerk Ph.D.
The public is understandably confused. On the one hand, major scientific journals, news outlets and authorities have used, and continue to use, superlatives to describe COVID-19 genetic vaccines.
The journal Science called the results of a Moderna trial “absolutely remarkable,” The Washington Post referred to them as “an extraordinary success story,” BuzzFeed claimed the vaccines “work way better than we had ever expected,” while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.K. National Health Service and other authorities continue to cite the mantra used for all approved vaccines, referring them as “safe and effective” (here and here, respectively).
Notes From APS Radio News
In 1976, after there had been up to 50 deaths following injections of the swine flu vaccine, a moratorium was on further vaccinations was implemented.
Also that year, Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes did a report on the vaccine.
