It's odd that such smart people failed to use basic logic. You don't take something brand new that hasn't been sufficiently tested. Especially when you don't fall into any of the risk categories for Covid: obese, elderly, co-morbidities. There's a reason it takes 7-12 years to develop a vaccine, not 12 months.
They were 'vaccinating' pregnant women and kids with this stuff!
Made no sense at all.
The fact that it didn't even work was the cherry on top of bad decision-making.