“The facts are clear: this is an extremely rare side effect, and only an exceedingly small number of people will experience it after vaccination. Importantly, for the young people who do, most cases are mild, and individuals recover often on their own or with minimal treatment,” the statement said.

Again, don't bother us with details or statistics. They're so messy and anti-social. I would like to know what "minimal treatment" is. Does that include hospitalization?

Hahaha. Some of the language used is actually very funny - if it weren't so serious. As you describe, the journalist does everything possible to bury details then finishes with 'the facts are clear'!

Another common one i hear is that 'you've got more chance of being struck by lightning than dying of a vaccine shot'. Unless there's been a huge surge in lightning deaths recently, that can't be true - just in Australia we've had three confirmed AZ deaths in the last couple of months - then there's another 60+ hospitalizations - some in serious condition. Then there's all the ones we don't hear about. And this is just the short-term side-effects.

Or they'll point out that the 5000 suspected deaths reported through MAERS (and counting) in the States sounds like a lot but it's only a tiny percentage considering the number of shots.

Don't remember anyone saying 'Oh don't worry about the 911 deaths - 3000 is just a tiny percentage of the overall population!'