@MikeySlezak @liammannix another example of population vs individual risk? Peanut allergies. Some kids have…

@MikeySlezak @liammannix another example of population vs individual risk? Peanut allergies. Some kids have them, peanuts are banned in schools. 1/n

There isn’t a low risk every child will react to a peanut. There are a handful of kids who will, and the majority who won’t. 2/n

But with vaccines, we count people with clots, divide by total vaccinations, and call that the individual ‘tiny’ risk. If we don’t do that with peanuts, why is it valid with vaccines? 3/end

P.S. remember us destroying tonnes of strawberries, because of the risk some may contain sewing needles? There wasn't a tiny risk each strawberry had a needle in it, it either had it, or not. That (much less lethal) possibility was sufficient to have them immediately withdrawn. https://t.co/VgNnIerHSL