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"We all agree that the benefits outweigh the risks," said Norman Baylor, president and CEO of Biologics Consulting and a former official with the Food and Drug Administration...
"I want this vaccine back as soon as possible," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert and senior scholar with the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. "I was recommending it preferentially to my friends. One and done."...
People should put the very rare serious vaccine side effects into the broader context of the risks they face every day, like getting struck by lightening or hit by a car, said Ali Mokdad, a professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington, speaking on the same call.
"These side effects are really minor," he said. "Let's be scientific about it."
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