I find it odd that they're still saying things like, "The vaccine you can get is the best." Such bullshit.

It appears at this point that the mRNA vaccines, Moderna and Pfizer, provide the best protection with the fewest side effects, but since they haven't completed Phase 3 trials, we're still just guessing with regards to the side effects.

This mRNA technology may indeed turn out to be something fantastic, and if so, well, fantastic. But recommending them for children at essentially 0 risk of disease is stupid, irresponsible, maybe criminal. The problem is that people, and the media, tend to take a black/white view on this. We're in a very, very gray area here.

AZ should just be chucked given that better vaccines are clearly available. J&J is questionable. It seems to have been dropped simply by losing momentum after its pause, which was the admirable thing to do. I guess no good deed goes unpunished. The message to drug companies from the J&J experience is, if there's any hint of a problem, keep your mouth shut and keep the shit flowing.

The J&J vaccine might have been OK. We'll probably never know because they took the responsible step of pausing.