[cowanon22]

I'm not expert is any of this, but what worries me is that political pressures, conflicts of interest, profit motives, rushed timelines, experts who have misled to get a reaction, and many studies with either short terms or small sample sizes are making it so that the average person has no idea what to believe.

[luxuryballs]

I never thought that the various governments would be the scariest part of a pandemic but it’s pretty obvious now in hindsight.

[bad_username]

This is why the average person should have choice what to eventually believe (if anything). Mandating a belief, like what we generally see today, is harmful.

[baumandm]

Even if you believe the FDA's decision making has been clouded with all the factors in the parent comment, the idea that the average individual could do a better job determining a vaccine schedule is unrealistic.

The vast majority of people are completely unqualified to evaluate the data, even if they had access to all of it. And they too have to correct for all the same biases that might be affecting the FDA.

[trhway]

>the average person has no idea what to believe.

as usual one can just follow the money [and power].