Family members were asking if I was getting the vaccine, I replied, 'zero chance'. They proudly announced they were getting their 2nd jab and I should get mine. They actually said 'Come on, just go get it.' 'why not' 'what's wrong with you?' and on and on.
Well 2 years ago one of them had a slightly elevated white blood cell count. Drs just said nothing to worry about, we will keep an eye on it. He regularly had blood work drawn, the count remained the same, slightly elevated.
Well end of March he and his wife proudly received their first Pfizer vac. Around April 6-8 they both went to get the 2nd one.
On April 27th, he felt really sick, fever, all over just sick, some pain in midsection, shortness of breath, weak, and tired. He thought he would get better but by April 30th he was so sick he went to ER. He was admitted and received word he has full blown AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia). The doctors said its not from the vaccine.
While they say its not from the vaccine, it most definitely IS a contributor to his condition. His AML might have laid in the weeds for many more years, but you cannot convince me the vaccine did not do this.
So please, if you have any underlying health issues, do not take a chance and think the vaccine is ok. IT IS NOT!!!
A distinction without a difference, in this context. Far from clear that anything was ever "unintended".
Its an important distinction from a biological context. If one believes there is a reasonable biological probability of cancer being caused based on the anecdotal evidence presented here, it could produce unreasonable fears when extended.
In biology (or science in general) determining causality (or lack thereof) is generally the primary goal. Correlation, or unintended consequences, while very interesting and may provide a path for causal experiments, are not generally causes for concern by themselves.
It is falsely placed (or not reasonably placed) fears that I am attempting to prevent with the distinction.