> a very small number of people who got blood clots, which very well might be random chance
To put it in concrete numbers: it's seven people in a sample where it's expected to be one. We're not talking hundreds or thousands of people, but seven.
Yes but still 7-fold increase over normal, therefore it is likely that the vaccine is the issue.
The question to answer is what exactly causes this, so we can learn. It's almost unthinkable that a vaccine which has vastly greater benefits than risks will be banned over this.
I disagree with halting the vaccination, as timing is vital now. It's prime time for mutations with these infection rates since evolutionary pressure is really high right now (mixture of high spread and increasing immunity).
Third waves are rolling over Europe at this moment and we need to stop spread as much as possible to lower the chance of further mutations.
> Yes but still 7-fold increase over normal, therefore it is likely that the vaccine is the issue.
As was my point, it could be just a coincidence. The sample size isn't truly random, it's people who were picked to receive a vaccine. Correlation =/= causation. Investigation needs to be completed for the cases to be attributed to the vaccine.
To put it in concrete numbers: it's seven people in a sample where it's expected to be one. We're not talking hundreds or thousands of people, but seven.