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> But my general point still stands, COVID is far, far more dangerous than the vaccine.

It is worth breaking that down by age, sex, and other risk factors.

For an 80 year old male obese smoker, who lives in a country with high COVID-19 rates, I have no problem believing that COVID-19 is more dangerous than the AstraZeneca vaccine.

For a 25 year old female with no comorbidities, who lives in a country with low COVID-19 rates, this is much less clear and will now have to be determined statistically.




In Norway, five women below 50 years have died of COVID-19 (in total) and one from the vaccine

Source (in English): https://www.fhi.no/en/id/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/dai...


But did these women have any comorbidities?


The sample is so small that even if they did it wouldn't be possible to say anything definitive about any possible connection. The death rate here in Norway is minuscule compared to the UK, US, France, etc.




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