From your "fact check"."Researchers said they compared the rate of observed safety outcomes with expected rates prior to COVID-19 vaccination. They found "modestly elevated risks" in four categories after vaccination with Pfizer’s vaccine.
The four areas that met the threshold for a statistical signal were:
- pulmonary embolism (when a blood clot gets stuck in the lungs)
- acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- disseminated intravascular coagulation (an abnormal blood clotting condition)
- immune thrombocytopenia (a blood platelet disorder)"
