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Lightning is also a bad comparison because most people try to avoid being outside during thunderstorms but anyway: > More rarely, anaphylaxis may occur (the UK

by js2 6y ago

Lightning is also a bad comparison because most people try to avoid being outside during thunderstorms but anyway: > More rarely, anaphylaxis may occur (the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has 234 reports out of approximately 11.7 million vaccinations as of 7 March 2021). It’s rare and in most cases death is preventable with immediate medical attention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COV... Apparently there’s around 200 anaphylaxis deaths annually in the US: > There were a total of 2458 anaphylaxis-related deaths in the United States from 1999 to 2010. Medications were the most common cause (58.8%), followed by "unspecified" (19.3%), venom (15.2%), and food (6.7%). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25280385/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25280385/

eloff 6y ago
> Lightning is also a bad comparison because most people try to avoid being outside during thunderstorms It's just an example very rare event that people typically don't waste time worrying over. I could have used deaths in commercial air travel or chances of winning the lottery - it doesn't really matter to the argument. > Apparently there’s around 200 anaphylaxis deaths annually in the US. That's less than I expected actually. > More rarely, anaphylaxis may occur (the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has 234 reports out of approximately 11.7 million vaccinations as of 7 March 2021). It'd be interesting to know if that were high or low for a typical vaccine or medication.