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by hedgew 2110 days ago
> "There is not even complete agreement about the causal relationship between the swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barré syndrome"

> "Studies suggest that it is more likely that a person will get GBS after getting the flu than after vaccination"

In the worst case, about 450 people got Guillain-Barre due to the vaccine. Counterfactually, some thousands or even a million Americans might have died from the swine flu itself.