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And they inevitably end with "or death". I'm guessing they choose to list every vaguely possible side effect for CYA purposes, while simultaneously obscuring th

by buu700 5y ago

And they inevitably end with "or death". I'm guessing they choose to list every vaguely possible side effect for CYA purposes, while simultaneously obscuring the actual risk profile by withholding information on the frequency of any given side effect. It's like pestering users with alerts. After a certain point, you can't really blame someone for tuning them out and just clicking OK.

tomcatfish 5y ago
No, amusingly, it's a regulation thing. Health products are urged to list all negative outcomes seen in the experimental group, which can lead to some amusing outcomes https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/18/covid-vaccine-volunteer-struck-by-lightning-after-moderna-injection-13774498/ https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/18/covid-vaccine-volunteer-struc... (Hard to find a nice source for this because there's a metaphor going around now about covid vaccines and lightning, but I saw it around more at the time. If anyone is better at search engines with date filtering or has a super reputable link, please share it below)