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deoxxys posted...

I just want to make an informed decision.

And he's asking how you plan on becoming so informed. If you aren't compiling data yourself to study, then you're either going to be relying entirely on what scientists tell you (which will be based on research that's already been conducted and that they are currently reporting, meaning waiting won't offer you any more information), or you'll be relying on anecdotal evidence from laypeople and sensationalist media (in which case you shouldn't delude yourself into thinking you're informed). If you are compiling the data yourself, then you should already have a concrete plan for when your collection period will be complete and what sort of analyses you'll be performing, which you should therefore be able to share right now (though even then, you're declaring your personal research and opinions to be more credible than those of the FDA and other such organizations worldwide, which is a comparison you'll need to defend in order to actually claim that you are more informed than you otherwise would be).

Making informed decisions regarding medical treatments is great. Indefinitely procrastinating those treatments until you arbitrarily decide that you haven't heard enough bad things about it to skip it, however, is not making an informed decision, and that's really all you're going to be able to do with this vaccine (since it's new and high-profile enough that the entire body of relevant literature has already been shared via mainstream media). Given how important this vaccine is, if you're going to put it off, you should at least have a concrete reason for doing so.

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