Article Used to Suggest AstraZeneca Vaccine is Deadlier Than COVID-19

A USA Today article reporting that more people have died this year from AstraZeneca-related blood clots than from COVID-19 in Australia is being championed by vaccine skeptics in the U.S. as proof that the COVID-19 vaccines are more dangerous than the virus. Some social media users have accused health officials of corruption for continuing to recommend that people receive their second vaccine dose if they haven’t already. While it is true that in Australia two people have died from vaccine-related blood clots and only one person has died from COVID-19 in 2021, the data in this article has been taken out of context. A total of 64 vaccine-related blood clots have been reported out of the more than 4 million vaccine doses delivered in Australia. For comparison, Australia has had 30,408 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 910 deaths to date. The country’s low number of deaths in 2021 is due in large part to the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. In the U.S. and Australia, data has shown that the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccines far outweigh the risks, as cases and deaths continue to decrease as more people get vaccinated. Although transmission rates are decreasing in both countries, people who are unvaccinated are still at risk from any new outbreak.

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