[DanBC]

To me the point that pandemrix makes is that regulation works.

We lowered the amount of regulation in order to release pandemrix because of the pandemic. We see (even on HN) calls for a similar relaxation of regulation during covid-19.

Pandemrix did cause harm. It caused severe harm. But it was withdrawn because of the harm it caused.

The people opposed to vaccination are not saying "vaccination is mostly safe but rarely causes harm", they're saying "vaccination is massively unsafe".

Narcolepsy caused by pandemrix affected about 1 in 50,000 people who had the vaccine. People opposed to vaccination aren't talking about narcolepsy. They talk about autism -- and there are very many studies that show that vaccines do not cause autism.

And all of those studies showing safety are in addition to the uncovering of the deception and unethical practice that Wakefield was involved in.

And don't forget that Wakefield wasn't anti-vaccination. He was developing his own measles vaccination, and he had to show that MMR was dangerous if he had any chance of getting his own vaccine approved and used.