It is the tale not of two cites, a la Charles Dickens, but of two countries, when comparing the relatively low incidences of adverse effects from the Covid-19 vaccines in Australia, to the much more substantial US statistics. Material about this is reproduced below, in a one-stop information shop. But, it is only early days yet for Australia compared to the US, and we must keep our eyes on the ball, sorry, syringe. Think of it like this. The probability of winning a lottery is small, you most likely will not. Yet, you cannot conclude from that fact alone that no-one will win, as someone always does (assume a fixed number draw rather than X-lotto). Now imagine a bad lottery, where the winner gets …blood clots! If the probability of blood clots is 1 in 109,500, that is much better odds than the lottery! I am not arguing that people should not get vaccinated, that is their decision. I probably will get vaccinated myself, maybe in about 50- or 60-years’ time, just to be sure we know where all this goes. I will be about 150 by then, and willing to take a risk!