+31.2k reactions. +60 deaths.
Wouldn't you think the data would be less worrying with the lower age groups now taking it?
Doesn't seem like it.
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Out of what? What are we at now, close to 200 million doses worldwide? 150 deaths doesn't seem like much out of that, and what complicating factors existed to create those deaths? What's an adverse reaction? Fever/chills? I know anaphylaxis has been observed, but that usually manifests within the brief monitoring period after a shot is administered.
I think it's going to be a long time before we get a fair assessment of the real vaccine risks but these numbers alone don't tell us much. The long-term unknowns like pregnancy/fertility impacts really need to be established, and of course the whole media says there's nothing to worry about there, even though there's absolutely no possible way they can assert that.
Whatever. I hope it's safe, I hope it's effective, those things just need to be proven. I get my flu shot every year, mostly because I don't like getting laid up with the flu for a week or two. If getting a COVID vaccine means I get laid up for a week anyway, it just doesn't seem worth it considering I'm not a 190 year old diabetic.
They've been stating for a year now that if someone tests positive with an oversensitive (too many cycles) PCR test (for fragments of Sars Cov 2), then that person has Covid-19 (the disease). They may only have leftover fragments from when the body defeated it months ago, but doesn't matter. If that person dies of any reason (after testing positive) that person died of Covid-19 (the disease). This includes intentional and unintentional injuries, such as a car crash, and being shot.
The same criteria that applies to deaths that have any relation to virus should apply to deaths that have any relation to the vaccine.
Ideally there would be actual science, rather than manipulations for fear mongering, so people know about the actual risks and can make informed decisions. Instead we're in a situation where the dangers of one side is played up to the moon, while the other is downplayed to the core or the earth.
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For actual science: This is the CDC's system to report adverse reactions with vaccines: https://wonder.cdc.gov/vaers.html You can find videos of how to to use it online (on alternative video platforms) to find information on Sars2 vaccine reactions. This isn't all adverse reactions in the US, only what is reported to the system, which may be a small percentage of the total number.
This is the CDC's weekly report / breakdown of Sars2 related deaths: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm Broken down into demographics, and totals of different comorbidities.
CDC's garbage in many important ways, but these are more external stats.
For exactly the reasons you cite I just don't know how to interpret any data at this point. I've got a lot of friends in the medical world who are already vaccinated and the best I can do is keep abreast of their experiences. Anecdotal evidence is, of course, only slightly better than useless, but that does make it more reliable than the CDC data at least.
I'm gonna sit this out for a couple years and wait for meta-analyses to paint a better picture.