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Covid Shots’ Benefits Outweigh Side-Effect Risk, CDC Report Says
A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine at the Austin Regional Clinic drive-thru vaccination and testing site in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.
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Benefits of Covid-19 vaccines used in the U.S. outweigh the risk of serious adverse events seen in a relatively small number of Americans, U.S. health officials said.
The impact of a few cases of a rare nerve disorder, blood vessel clots and heart infections following the shots was surpassed by thousands of Covid-19 cases prevented, many that would have had consequences, according to a report published Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.