I figure my extended circle (including 2nd and 3rd degree connections who I’ve met or heard some detailed story about) is on the order of 10K people, spanning ages from young kids (mostly children or grandchildren of friends) to quite old (parents and grandparents of acquaintances). I’ve heard plenty of reports of unpleasant vaccine reactions (including DAYS of downtime), and one or two where the reaction was bad enough that their doctor told them not to have the second shot. ZERO that I’d call “serious medical problems”.
I’m aware of my bubble—this group is very strongly biased to educated wealthy(ish) Americans. It does include people with chronic health problems, diagnosed and un-. But I’d be shocked if there’s a cluster where “many people” that someone knows were significantly harmed by the vaccines.
I’m NOT shocked that reporting of such things is suspect—there are incentives (in both directions) to report, and it’s really hard to be sure even in an individual case.
I figure my extended circle (including 2nd and 3rd degree connections who I’ve met or heard some detailed story about) is on the order of 10K people, spanning ages from young kids (mostly children or grandchildren of friends) to quite old (parents and grandparents of acquaintances). I’ve heard plenty of reports of unpleasant vaccine reactions (including DAYS of downtime), and one or two where the reaction was bad enough that their doctor told them not to have the second shot. ZERO that I’d call “serious medical problems”.
I’m aware of my bubble—this group is very strongly biased to educated wealthy(ish) Americans. It does include people with chronic health problems, diagnosed and un-. But I’d be shocked if there’s a cluster where “many people” that someone knows were significantly harmed by the vaccines.
I’m NOT shocked that reporting of such things is suspect—there are incentives (in both directions) to report, and it’s really hard to be sure even in an individual case.