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Although the 3 per 100,000 death rate after 2 vaccinations is already very low. It's great that an additional vaccination would reduce it further, but after 2
by epicureanideal 5y ago
Although the 3 per 100,000 death rate after 2 vaccinations is already very low. It's great that an additional vaccination would reduce it further, but after 2 vaccinations does it make sense to mandate a booster with these risk profiles?
Especially given that there are rare heart inflammation issues caused by the vaccine, I can see people having a difference of opinion about whether the booster is worth it compared to the risk, until the error bars on the risk measurement are narrowed down a bit.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoI agree with your point that with low death rates it's important to try to determine which subpopulations are at highest risk of both (a) succumbing to the virus should they become infected and (b) vaccine-related side effects. With respect to myocarditis, though, note that it is rare, and those affected recover quickly [1], and there are some recommendations about potentially changing the injection site to be further from the heart to lower the incidence of this side effect [2]. 1. https://newsroom.heart.org/news/young-people-recover-quickly-from-rare-myocarditis-side-effect-of-covid-19-vaccine https://newsroom.heart.org/news/young-people-recover-quickly... 2. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3159102/coronavirus-hong-kong-biontech-vaccine-jabs https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/artic...