A Possible--Albeit Imperfect--Measure Of Side Effects

One way to get some idea of how many people who have been vaxxed suffer from side effects to one degree or another is to compare the number of vaccines administered to the number of persons who are "fully vaccinated." For example ...

USAFacts reports:

At least 153,986,312 people or 46% of the population have received at least one dose.

Overall, 117,647,439 people or 35% of the population have been fully vaccinated.

That means that, nationwide, potentially 24% of those who have had at least one injection had side effects serious enough--and that is to some extent a very subjective decision--that they refuse or decline the second injection. And reporting tells us that the rate of people getting vaxxed has declined precipitously. Even MSM outlets freely admit that this is likely due to reports of side effects and deaths. Those, of course, are official reports--word of mouth isn't measurable.

Admittedly, this is a quite imperfect measure, but since the VAERS numbers are also very imperfect one needs to start somewhere. We know that VAERS seriously under reports. If we start with the fact of people going in to be injected with a medication that they've been informed requires two injections but who subsequently decline the second injection, that seems at least a scientifically viable starting point for inquiries. One obvious avenue would be comparisons to the flu vaccine and reporting of side effects in that regard.

Interestingly, as I commented a few days ago, the Blue/Red divide is not a totally reliable predictor in this regard by itself. In my state of Illinois the numbers today at WirePoints look like this:

Total vaccine doses administered 10,110,969

Total Illinoisans fully vaccinated 4,607,114

% Illinoisans fully vaccinated 36.16%

That works out to only 45% of Illinoisans who have gone back for a second injection. Deep Blue Illinois thus ends up ranking #30 among all states for population that is fully vaccinated.

Transparency. Lack of transparency is a killer, and people know that.

ADDENDUM: This has no bearing on side effects, but it does have a bearing on Blue state hesitancy rates--via Don Surber:

The Los Angeles Times reported, "Only about one-third of Latino and Black Californians have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while majorities of white and Asian American Pacific Islander Californians have, according to a Times analysis.

"The Times analysis found that 33% of Latino residents and 34% of black residents of the state have received at least one dose of vaccine. By contrast, 50% of white residents, 46% of Native American residents and 60% of Asian American Pacific Islander residents have received a dose."

The contrast is fairly stark. How to explain that? Are whites and Asians more susceptible to authoritarian prescriptions, more trusting in government?