Feathers are not wasted and have been used in food for animals (dairy cows, . . . ) but this is not more allowed in many countries after the mad cow disease scare. They are still allowed in fish feeds (salmon farms, . . . ).

To answer Swimfan. "Usually saline solution. ie. Salt Water". No, it is seldom a neutral placebo. It is most often the same product less the active ingredient. Reason: it shows the effect of the active ingredient (and allows statistic manipulations to show less severe reactions than the total vaccine - active ingredient, adjuvants, preservatives, ...).

I'll wait for a couple of years before thinking of getting the vaccine. The more I wait, the more I'll be able to make an informed decision.

Clinical trial results from the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reveal two study participants died from what were classified as “Serious Adverse Events".
https://healthandmoneynews.wordpress.com/2020/12/08/breaking-fda-announces-2-deaths-of-pfizer-vaccine-trial-participants-from-serious-adverse-events/

Conspiracy theorist or not, the points listed in his petition are very valid points . . .

The tests do not show the efficacy at reducing severe illness, hospitalization and death and are even not designed to show these aspects.

The commercial release of Pfizer vaccine or its authorization is much to fast to show efficacy and safety, specially for a completely new design (mRNA).

Even an ex-Pfizer head of respiratory research, Dr. Michael Yeadon, request more serious tests than what is done at the moment ( ref.: https://www.globalresearch.ca/dr-wodarg-dr-yeadon-request-stop-all-corona-vaccination-studies-call-co-signing-petition/5731458 ).

We do not know what the placebo group did receive, the vaccine less the active Covid ingredientperhaps? People in the placebo group report reactions to the other ingredients such as adjuvants, . . .

How is the effectiveness of the vaccine measured? By comparing the number of people (vaccinated vs. placebo) who get sick in a period of time. If they have the gender, age, weight, general condition of the volunteers, and location . . . it seems they have no control on other factors (mask carrying, social contacts and behavior, . . .) at least, it is not reported in the data released. On the other hand, finding antigens in the blood is not a sign that you cannot get sick. So, 90% effectiveness???

This vaccine race . . . frightening.
This AstraZeneca vaccine is an adenovirus-based vaccine and until now, no adenovirus-based vaccine (e.g. HIV vaccine) has been successful, no one has been commercialized . . . the mRNA vaccine is even newer, never has been made before (e.g. Moderna, Pfizer . . . ) . . . and they want us to trust manufacturers (who got immunity not from the virus but from . . . .liability) that are rushing towards the money pots . . .

I forgot to put the reference https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/administration-sued-records-detailing-us-role-behalf-glyphosate-maker-bayer-pressuring-thailand-reverse-plan-ban-pesticide-2020-09-17/

Yes, well done. But what about glyphosate-based herbicides (Roundup, . . . ). Did Thailand succumb to the pressure of Washington?

Why did they not choose a transgender . . . it would have been even more politically correct?

. . . and he blamed the Chinese for having delayed (hiding) the "Wuhan" virus for a couple of weeks . . . US logic

@ Paul Henry
. . . .perhaps, but even the "western" press is sometimes forced to admit the obvious . . . .
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/02/vaccine-derived-polio-spreads-in-africa-after-defeat-of-wild-virus

Yes, a reason enough not to get a vaccination.
I shall not get a Covid-19 vaccination as I do not believe in its effectiveness nor its safety. Here are a few points why:
-    Contagious diseases dropped significantly before the advent of vaccines as statistics from the 19th and 20th centuries show, a question knowing the source of illnesses (germs, . . .) hence the clean water, hygiene, . . .  ). Vaccines do not seem to have a significant effect statistically.
-    In the “developed” world, the country with the most infant vaccinations is the one with the highest infant mortality (the USA!). Infant mortality is proportional to the number of vaccine dosses received.
-    Vaccine manufacturers are protected from liability (e.g. in the USA). All the recent European governmental contracts for future delivery of Covid-19 vaccines include the exclusion of the manufacturer liability. This does not inspire confidence.
-    I have an autistic child after vaccination with a US vaccine in the Philippines . . . .

@Bkk Brian

Out of topic, but I like to have a broader view of the world news and not limit myself to the “western” press . . .

AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trial ON HOLD after adverse reaction of UK participant

https://www.rt.com/news/500207-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-hold/

A few points

Kim Jong-un understand what happened to Khadafy, Hussein, Assad when they did not pursue their nuclear armament.

Smaller bombs (in power) with less collateral damages (radioactivity, blast destructions, ) lower the threshold for their use in the field and so start a nuclear disaster.

The USA and other countries are in total breach of the non-proliferation treaties they themselves promoted.

To add to the vaccine controversy ...

The effects of vaccines are so poor that the researchers/manufacturers have to add "adjuvants" (mercury, aluminum, oil, pesticides ...) to boost them. They even start asking mothers not to breastfeed their babies because breast milk, with its immunologic property, interfere with the action of the vaccine.

... and if you want to have an idea of the (bad) effects of these "adjuvants" on your immune system, just read the newly published book "Vaccines and Autoimmunity" by Yehuda Shoenfeld (publisher Wiley Blackwell, June 2015. Comment on the book: Edited by leaders in the field, Vaccines and Autoimmunity is an invaluable resource for advanced students and researchers working in pathogenic and epidemiological studies.)

Allseeineye said:.....absolute crap!!! Jump on that bandwagon and see how quickly these eradicated diseases come back and start killing children on a mass scale. . .

I do not agree. Historical data show that diseases decreased in the 1800 before the appearance of vaccines, due mainly to clean water and better hygiene when we started to know what viruses and bacteria are and how they propagate.

And do vaccines work like they want us to believe? Just look at the eruption of diseases in fully vaccinated population (Measles in Disneyland, etc...) and the real havoc some vaccines have created I think here on the vaccines against cervical cancer that damage so many young persons and that some interested peoples are so keen to promote (also for boys!!!)

As for herd protection, either the vaccine works and you do not need herd protection (and thus you do not need to force others to take the jab) or it does not work (and thus, again, you do not need to force others to take it).

Shawn0001 said: . . . . there are far too many people taken in by the quack who linked immunizations to autism. . . .

Well, if you read carefully the notices joint to most vaccines (or on the US CDC website), you will see "neurological damage" (and even the word "autism" in one of them) as a possible adverse reaction (but you will be astonished to see that there are many other adverse reactions for each vaccine!).

But then who reads the notices (and understand them) or even has the possibility to read them before getting the jabs from the doctor or the nurse?

GMO created as an option in case of war? I though it was only for the profits of Monsanto and Sygenta .... But he could be right: the destruction of the ecology and the health of animals and humans is part of warfare ...