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by phonypc 1613 days ago
The quote is clearly about the potential implications of incorrectly tying the vaccines to complications.

Do you imagine that you can't find a nearly identical blurb about myocarditis risk from the CDC? Or what point are you trying to make with the link?

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PP isn't wrong about communication about vaccine risks being abysmal (in the US at least) or about the erosion of trust in public health agencies and officials. Even those awful "ask your doctor for a reason to take it" drug ads have a lengthy disclosure list of (often serious) potential side effects. Most of the "get the vaccine" ads I've seen have no such disclosure.

It's disappointing, because being forthright about, for example, how many people have died from the vaccines vs. how many lives have likely been saved by them could help the public to assess the overall benefit without discounting the risks. And this should also be sliced by risk groups, such as young or old or people with secondary conditions.

Moreover, vaccine mandates should include compensation for lost work (or school) time not just due to rare side effects but also due to feeling ill after getting the vaccine (or booster, which seems even more likely to make you feel unwell for multiple days.)