Is The New Vaccine Dangerous?

BY: HARLEY J.

Last Friday a new vaccine was shared by Pfizer regarding the coronavirus and it has been reported with “no serious” side effects. As soon as December 12th it could be distributed but should we take it? Should the government require Americans to take the vaccine? I think that if the government requires the vaccine it would be dangerous and irresponsible.

Forcing people to take the new coronavirus vaccine may be killing their futures before they have even gotten to live. Yes, the new coronavirus vaccine has been tested through test subjects and (so far) no life-threatening side effects have been found, but what about five or six years down the road?

From a female standpoint, it is known that medicine can ruin chances at having a family of our own. Personally, I am looking forward to starting my own family and I do not want anything to take that away from me! So, forcing our young people to take the vaccine, may result in an entire generation of people who cannot reproduce. This would hurt our country's population substantially!

Not only that, but there are many other long-term effects that could follow this vaccine such as neurological side effects. For example, the first measles vaccine led to some people becoming autistic later in life. Some other vaccines render people with seizures or epeleptic episodes. Could you live with that everyday? I know that I couldn’t!

Anything you put into your body has the potential to have side effects you wouldn't want to risk. Such as Tylenol, which is considered the safest painkiller according to Harvard Health, but the mortality rate of the drug is about 450 deaths each year and about 100 of those are unintentional. So even if this new vaccine is the safest vaccine we have, it will still kill some of the population and wouldn’t that be a crime? To force about 450 people to lay down in their deathbeds to avoid catching the coronavirus?

So, is it worth putting everyone in these dangerous future conditions, if the virus mostly affects people with old age, underlying health conditions, or pregnant women? Why don’t we have those at risk take it and the others can just have the option? America should allow us to have the freedom to have the future without all the side effects this vaccine could potentially contain.