Yohan Blake: "I’d rather miss the Olympics than take the vaccine. I am not taking it."

One interesting thing to note when going through the VAERS data is that while many claim that the deaths reported to VAERS for the COVID vaccine are not related to the vaccine, the rate is much higher than for other vaccines. So far there have been 1,153 deaths reported to VAERS for the COVID vaccine. That is almost as much as has been reported for flu vaccines over the past 30 years (1,184 deaths). For comparisons sake, lets assume 120 million people per year have gotten a flu shot over the past 30 years. That puts the death rate at 1 death for every 3 million vaccines administered. Compared to the COVID vaccine (1,153 reported deaths for 90 million vaccines), which has a death rate of 1 death for every 78,000 vaccines administered, or close to 40 times the rate of the flu vaccine.

I love how half the posters on this thread don’t seem to understand Blake is born, raised and trains in Jamaica. As if US politics are a major factor in how he views the world.

Blake will not be missed.

comedyre1i3f 2 wrote:

One interesting thing to note when going through the VAERS data is that while many claim that the deaths reported to VAERS for the COVID vaccine are not related to the vaccine, the rate is much higher than for other vaccines. So far there have been 1,153 deaths reported to VAERS for the COVID vaccine. That is almost as much as has been reported for flu vaccines over the past 30 years (1,184 deaths). For comparisons sake, lets assume 120 million people per year have gotten a flu shot over the past 30 years. That puts the death rate at 1 death for every 3 million vaccines administered. Compared to the COVID vaccine (1,153 reported deaths for 90 million vaccines), which has a death rate of 1 death for every 78,000 vaccines administered, or close to 40 times the rate of the flu vaccine.

I'm not sure we're comparing apples to apples.

For one thing, we're tracking reactions to the Covid Vaccine in the general population much more closely. After I got my first shot, I was directed to a website and asked to register for VAERS side effect tracking. Since then, I've gotten a text every day asking me to check in and report how I feel. That's never happened with the flu vaccine.

Secondly, the flu vaccine is offered to the entire population; the Covid vaccine is primarily being offered to seniors and those with pre-existing health conditions. I would expect a much higher death rate in the second population independent of any vaccine being administered.

Why would anyone be concerned with 1000 deaths (average age 78) that occurred within two weeks of vaccination when they aren't concerned with a half million deaths from Covid?