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Comment by mrmuagi | original | Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise 
[−]mrmuagi · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:41 UTC · link
2% chance of death? A quick google shows it to be around 0.16%, and the deaths seem to be allocated to people who are older or just have other comorbities. I think the scientists in retrospect just didnt want hospitals to get full honestly, since they dont have the capacity for it as it is — atleast here in Canada.
[−]elp · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:43 UTC · link
For comparison the death rate from the vaccine is around 0.0001%.

Yes they didn't want the hospitals to get full. That's when the younger healthy people who would have recovered can't get the medical care they need to survive.

You had to have spent covid in a pretty sad friendless hole not to know friends or family who ended up in hospital during the peaks.