When I was tweeting a little while ago about how absurd health authorities' pausing of AZ was I had a lot of people in my replies saying the pause was precautionary and to "help build public confidence in the vaccine".
That's worked out well hasn't it?
That's worked out well hasn't it?
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1373920524506644482
Who could have predicted that the public would respond to a strong signal from their health authorities that there might be an issue? Who could have predicted that subsequent reassurances wouldn't be heard? IDK, anyone who's ever followed a moral panic about vaccines maybe.
What weight did these bureaucrats put on the variable "this might collapse public confidence in the vaccine" when making their "precautionary principle" decision?
Meanwhile further evidence of how utterly bobbins the earlier guff from health authorities and politicians about not being sure whether the AZ vaccine works in over 65s was. Another nonsense story which eroded confidence:
https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1373918091533561857
Thoughtful replies noting that the fieldwork here was entirely before the decision to resume vaccination. So it’s possible confidence will rebound. But these polls do highlight that “precautionary” decisions come with their own substantial risks
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