What assumptions, rumors, or historical references are contributing to the distrust of the warp speed COVID19 vaccine?

Thank you my friend PO3 Phyllis Maynard for posting a timely group of related questions.
To be honest their are myriad reasons posited to distrust the various COVID vaccines.
I think you meant to state 'herd immunity' and not 'herd vaccination' unless you are focused on concerns about gene therapy or other fears based on history.
a. The current approach is closer to herd vaccination in that the goal is to vaccinate everybody.
b. Whether or not herd immunity would result depends on many factors - degree and distribution of mutation of virus which negates effectiveness of vaccination; relative immunity to reinfection for vaccination and expectation for how long relative immunity would last and what symptoms a person could expect [if any] as immunity was ending [short of becoming infected.

1. Political resistance - their were many democrats and progressives who distrusted the government under former President Donald Trump - many publicly said they would not trust the government. Now that Joe Biden is POTUS and his prediction about rapid and effective distribution of vaccine has been debunked by facts.
2. Mistrust of vaccines in general based on family history of adverse reaction as well as paranoia at the other extreme.
3. Non-citizens natural reticence to being treated and added to government visibility of their status.
4. Fear of gene therapy.

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PO3 Phyllis Maynard after this last election and the past 20 years of corrupt government (maybe even longer) I wouldn't and couldn't trust the government any further then I could throw them. There are so many things on the Internet these days, that's its really hard to tell what the truth is anymore (conspiracy theories abound). My mother is 85 and she is geting the vaccine because of her age, and then there are us Veterans who will be contactced by the VA to get ours very soon as well. Right now they are vacinating about 11,000 that are 75 and older here at the Denver VA... So, I guess it comes down to what you believe and the research you do, but even the research can be bias... I've not made up my mind yet on the vaccine. We'll see... As far as your question I've looked at what you recommended and again I don't know why or who to believe my friend. We live in strange times that is for sure...

I'm hesitant about taking the vaccine. It isn't about any nefarious plots, schemes or conspiracy theories.

I've seen far too many "If you took __________ and are are experiencing ___________, __________, or ____________; you may be entitled to compensation" commercials. Drugs that haven't been rushed through the approval process are later discovered to have significant problems relatively often. These vaccines have been rushed through. I don't trust the rushed process.

I suspect 3-5 years down the line we will start seeing those commercials about one or some of the vaccines.