@DrSarahJarvis It's also entirely normal for a drug or vaccine trial to go through this process.

@meenalsworld It is indeed - as it should be

@DrSarahJarvis I am reassured by it and take it as a positive sign they are taking all the care they can.

@DebsSayItAgain As you should be

@DrSarahJarvis Not a good look though, is it? It surely puts back the expected start date. And is this 'adverse reaction': 1) Isolated? 2) Minor?

@hirdygurdy This happens routinely in clinical studies & adverse reactions often turn out not to be connected to the drug - it could be in someone in the non-covid-vaccine arm of the study. But of course it has to be investigated

@DrSarahJarvis I was talking to a lady from Kenya and she was telling me that all the villages where she is from in Africa are already spreading rumours not to take any vaccines. They are convinced Bill Gates is trying to kill them. 🤷‍♂️🤦🏻

@LesPaulAddict I only wish this were specific to COVID19. We've been hearing these stories for years about life-saving vaccines, including measles, which kills over 100,000 a year, mostly in developing countries

@DrSarahJarvis Well said

@DrSarahJarvis I agree that it shows clinical open-ness. I thought that until causality is shown or not, it is classified as an adverse "event" not a reaction

@DrSarahJarvis Their favourite remedies would just add more water

@DrSarahJarvis Hi Brilliant words Dr Sarah

@DrSarahJarvis Scare mongering by the media and the great unwashed. The right people are doing the right thing at the right time.

@DrSarahJarvis Far from being alarmed by this I am feeling massively reassured that this isn't just being rushed through.

@DrSarahJarvis Exactly Dr. If anything this is good news. It shows all precautions are being done. If only 1 patient has been effected out of 1000's surly this is still optomistic news

@DrSarahJarvis Better to get it right than make huge mistakes.

@DrSarahJarvis You don't have to be a anti-vaxxer to realise that vaccines are dangerous. But they're safer than the virus (in most cases). The patients they use for these test are like supermen, with no known underlying medical conditions. Over 50% have had some sort of side effect off...

@DrSarahJarvis Anyone mentioning the balancing act governments must resolve over a rushed vaccine compared to virus risk will be labelled an anti-vaxer. Even though the government will no doubt indemnify the vaccine producers from legal action if they harm people.

@DrSarahJarvis Exactly. The subject in question might have an illness which is totally unrelated to the vaccine as often happens, but this has to be investigated before proceeding.