Re:27-year-old nurse vaccinated with AstraZeneca dies in Geo...
by eloff on Monday March 29, 2021 @11:23PM
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> Lightning is also a bad comparison because most people try to avoid being outside during thunderstorms
It's just an example very rare event that people typically don't waste time worrying over. I could have used deaths in commercial air travel or chances of winning the lottery - it doesn't really matter to the argument.
> Apparently there’s around 200 anaphylaxis deaths annually in the US.
That's less than I expected actually.
> More rarely, anaphylaxis may occur (the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has 234 reports out of approximately 11.7 million vaccinations as of 7 March 2021).
It'd be interesting to know if that were high or low for a typical vaccine or medication.
It's just an example very rare event that people typically don't waste time worrying over. I could have used deaths in commercial air travel or chances of winning the lottery - it doesn't really matter to the argument.
> Apparently there’s around 200 anaphylaxis deaths annually in the US.
That's less than I expected actually.
> More rarely, anaphylaxis may occur (the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has 234 reports out of approximately 11.7 million vaccinations as of 7 March 2021).
It'd be interesting to know if that were high or low for a typical vaccine or medication.