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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
It's not irrelevant in terms of putting things into perspective, not to mention the anaphylactic reaction is exactly the same whether it be caused by food, tylenol, perfume, H1N1 vaccine or whatever. No one ever said allergies weren't a potential side effect, in fact its clearly stated, and its the reason why you are supposed to wait around 15 minutes following your injection so that we can manage it.
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Actually many people, even many in this thread have said there is "no reason not to get the shot". Very few people seem to know that there is possible side effects than can be as serious as death.
I agree on the perspective, but think it's been lost on both the side of debate. One side thinks the vaccine is population control, while the other thinks the flu is Armageddon.
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People always freak out whenever they hear "side effects", without actually considering the very low probabilties, cost-benefit ratio and appropriate perspective.
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People always freak out whenever they hear "pandemic", without actually considering the very low probabilties, cost-benefit ratio and appropriate perspective.
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You're actually right in bringing up car accidents, in that people use those everyday despite the high risk of potential side effects, and yet this is never cause to not use the car in the first place.
Why is there a 60+ pages in this forum mentally masturbating over the extremely low risk of vaccination side effects (the overwhelming majority of which are minor), and not to vehicular side effects considering the huge statistical discrepancy in terms of risk and prevelance? Because many people lack the perspective.
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Cars have a high value for their users that far outweigh the risks. Not everyone sees this high value in the vaccine, so although the risks are extremely low with the vaccine, the risk/reward ratio may be higher than your car example.