Surprised at that Tricky. One extra question because of ‘blood clot tales’...and one about initial reaction to jab one...took all of 15 seconds. Slightly longer queue this time but still back in the car within two minutes of my appointment time. No problems at all...possibly more complicated for those who answer in the affirmative about blood thinning meds, otherwise no hiccups at all.
It seems that the US storm on the J&J vaccine is based on 6 cases from 6.7M people vaccinated, One of the 6 has died and a 2nd is in hospital in a critical state. That's a death rate of 0.00008823529%.
Far greater chance of being killed or seriously injured crossing the road............. in the UK that happened to an average of 248 people a day in 2019.
..... All, of course, of no help to the poor lady who died or to her friends and relations.....
Yes you are correct.
Those odds are more than acceptable considering the risk of the alternative.
Lets take my last cancer op.
Take the 1:1000 chance of death on the operating table, or the near certain alternative of death if you don't.
That's a bunch of numbers to compare to those whinging about blood clots.
likewise. 22 years in remission, my approach was 'I'll have everything on the menu please' and with death odds of 1 in 1 without and 1 in 10,000 plus (its avery common cancer) with there was no decision to take really - BUT even then, folk were trusting to 'herbal remedies' to cure the same condition. Maybe the next great vaccination effort should be to discover a blend that cures people of irrational, deadly decision making
Imust admit to 'slowing the line' on the blood thinning thing - the doctor asked me if I took Warfarin OR SIMILAR, and thinking quick and hard about that question, not being confident about the or similar bit, and being someone who takes a shelfful of meds, I responded 'I don't know'. Once I'd listed all the meds (and the doctor had checked one because there's a massive reaction to grapefruit and grapefruit extracts in it, and that wasn't one he'd come across) I was good to go. Better safe than sorry even with the needle dripping in eyesight IMO
Asking a lot of people who’ve just voted for Brexit, elected Johnson as PM and struggle with the concept of social distancing, AF!
P.S. Not belittling your and Tricky’s fight against the ‘Big C’...I wish you both well...just trying to introduce a degree of levity on what seems an otherwise sombre forum morning.