Creation of COVID-19 vaccine creating fears in some people – WRAL.com

By Leslie Moreno, WRAL reporter

Chapel Hill, N.C. Researchers are closer to creating a vaccine for COVID-19. The news has been met with both comfort and fear.

A professor at the Carolina Population Center in Chapel Hill says theres a long history of concern when it comes to vaccines. Because of the current rush to find a solution to the coronavirus outbreak, these fears may be intensified.

A lot of companies are throwing every bit of effort they have at producing one, fast,Paul Delamater said.

According to the World Health Organization, more than 70 potential vaccines are currently being developed, all of which are at various stages of development.

I do think people will want to get the vaccine a little more than like the regular vaccine every year, Delamater, said.

But some people are hesitant.

Its way too soon in my opinion," Trenton Lassiter said. "Usually it takes months and years to develop a vaccine for viruses.

Lassiter also said he feels a vaccine is being rushed. He has concerns about long-term side effects and the amount of time in which the vaccine would be created.

Im hearing that the normal procedures arent being followed as far as developing the vaccine, compared to other viruses in the past, because theyre in such a tight schedule. Some things arent being checked off like they would be, so theyre rushing through the process," Lassiter, said.

Delamater said these fears are very common, especially with such a new virus.

The people that refuse to take vaccines tend to do so for a couple of reasons one is concerns about the contents of the vaccine and not wanting it in their body and the other is the state or the nations role, Delamater, said.

According to latest figures from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the virus has infected more than 4.5 million people across the world, killing over 300,000.

The FDA can fast-track vaccines, and that would speed up the testing and approval process.

A lot of things have to go right before we can start vaccinating the population, Delamater, said.

According to the World Health Organization, if all goes well, researchers hope to have a vaccine out by the second half of 2021.

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