Crossed Harms

Events accrue substantially when the whole population is exposed.

Mooching around the possible harms of Comirnaty, the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, we came across the list of recognised harms cited by the NHS Business Services Authority. These recognised harms and the degree of disability made the unfortunate subjects eligible for compensation.

We highlighted the list here

Who is afraid of Helen McArdle and James Jones?

OK, all clear. Next, we checked the list against the one in the MHRA product leaflet. 

Helpfully, the MHRA provides an estimate of incidence from very common to very rare. When we compared the two lists, we encountered some extraordinary discrepancies. Six events, ranging from life-threatening (anaphylaxis, thrombocytopenia, convulsions, etc.) to relatively minor (otitis externa), are missing from the MHRA list. 

We do not know why, but it appears strange that two public bodies are at odds on something so important.

Neither of us smoke, so we did not have a fag packet at our disposal, but we made some quick calculations based on the estimated incidence.

If there is no question or a…