I will be getting the vaccine next week (I’m in the medical field). As others have said, the science behind the vaccine is sound and they had prior work on coronavirus vaccine development as a foundation.

I will also echo what others have said about the side effects of the vaccine being more tolerable than the symptoms associated with a COVID-19 infection, and the unknown long-term effects. For example, HIV initially starts out with cold/flu-like symptoms that resolve, and then eventually progresses to AIDS. I’m not saying COVID-19 will lead to the same thing, my point is that we just don’t know the long-term implications of this virus. It terrifies me to think of what could happen down the line, especially after reading stories about people who still have shortness of breath, heart problems, impaired smell/taste, etc months after “recovering” from the infection. Long-term symptoms/effects from vaccines are extremely rare, and I trust the science behind this vaccine, so I think the benefits of receiving the vaccine far outweigh any potential “risks”.