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> A better comparison would be the swine flu vaccine in 1976. I don't see how we can know that this is representative of the worst possible outcomes.
by sooheon 6y ago
> A better comparison would be the swine flu vaccine in 1976.
I don't see how we can know that this is representative of the worst possible outcomes.
- pdonis 6y agoWhy not? Note that I'm only using it as an estimate of what fraction of people would be expected to suffer serious side effects from a hastily developed vaccine. And it doesn't even need to be an overall worst case estimate, just a reasonable upper bound for the fraction of people who could be expected to suffer serious side effects from the COVID vaccine. Also note that the swine flu vaccine was not an RNA vaccine, it was an ordinary flu vaccine using, as far as I know, deactivated virus. RNA vaccines are inherently safer.