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Far less than 12.5% of the general population gets Covid symptoms at all, though.

• croon 5y ago
  They're not saying 1 out of 8 vaccinations gives symptoms, but that covid is 8 times likelier than the vaccine to cause those symptoms. From [0]: > They found that, during the first 12 months of the pandemic, males aged 12 to 17 were most likely to develop myocarditis within three months of catching covid-19, at a rate of about 450 cases per million infections. > This compares with 67 cases of myocarditis per million males of the same age following their second dose of a Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine, according to figures from the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Researchers added together cases after first and second doses to reach a total rate of 77 cases per million in this male age group triggered by vaccination, a sixth that seen after infection. That's about ~7 times likelier from covid than vaccines. No data specifically on omicron (yet) though. [0] https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133462-800-myocarditis-is-more-common-after-covid-19-infection-than-vaccination/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133462-800-myocardi...