Just because apples and oranges can both rot doesn't mean they are both bad. There are different things at play here. First, the vaccine: Allowing a vaccine th

Just because apples and oranges can both rot doesn't mean they are both bad. There are different things at play here. First, the vaccine: Allowing a vaccine that kills people can have very real consequences that go beyond Covid. Vaccines should be as safe as possible, and not doing so can push more folks into vaccine skepticism and anti-vaccine stances. The Covid vaccine making blood clots really can not only mean the pandemic lasts longer and folks stop taking MMR vaccines. That is enough of an issue as-is. The other thing with this particular issue is that it is just one of the vaccines that is doing it - there are other choices, and it just slows how quickly we can vaccinate folks. As far as contraceptive pills: First, doctors do look at risk factors. Some years back, when I still smoked, my doctor wouldn't give me a pill with estrogen in it because of my age plus smoking meant I had a bigger risk of blood clots. It's OK, like the covid jab, I had other options. The other thing that is really important is that the birth control pill, even with the risk of blood clots, severely cuts the risk of death for some folks. Some women bleed so severely that it risks their health each month. And more to the point, it does a decent job of preventing pregnancy. Being pregnant - and giving birth - is really, really dangerous, but we sometimes forget this because modern medicine has made death rates drop.