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It's because the alternative is millions of deaths in the US alone. It's a risk/benefit analysis. Yes, there is some risk to a new vaccine. That is an unknown. But there is a known risk to not widely distributing a vaccine, which is millions of deaths. Vaccines have been studied for a long time, their mechanisms are fairly well understood, and they have been going through full safety trials, even if somewhat accelerated. So those are your options on the table: guaranteed millions of deaths, or possibly some unknown long term implications from a vaccine, but unlikely given the understanding and safety trials.

Ask any reputable doctor, virologist, or epidemiologist: they all are backing the vaccine. Discussion is fine, but you have to provide some thoughtful justification behind your worry, and make a case for your alternative plan. Otherwise you're just spreading fear and doubt, which may impact vaccine uptake, and directly cause more deaths.