Could some of the mild effects be placebo? Sure. Is there such a thing as "placebo" myocarditis? How about placebo "dies suddenly?" Placebo organ failure? Placebo heart attack? Placebo sudden onset cancer?
I agree that you can get a headache just by will alone. You can probably even convince yourself you have a mild fever Ferris Bueller style. But if you pass off your cousin dying two hours after her second jab as an "unexplainable freak accident" because every second grader knows how to fake a stomach ache, you deserve to be one of the 4-6% lost forever.
Not exactly. A placebo effect is when a person is given a placebo and experiences what he thinks he would if he had had the treatment. Apparently faith alone is often curative. This article says reported adverse effects are delusions, just as placebo effects are. It's a plausible way of belittling the complainers. But limited to subjective complaints like itch or headache with no objective signs.
Could some of the mild effects be placebo? Sure. Is there such a thing as "placebo" myocarditis? How about placebo "dies suddenly?" Placebo organ failure? Placebo heart attack? Placebo sudden onset cancer?
I agree that you can get a headache just by will alone. You can probably even convince yourself you have a mild fever Ferris Bueller style. But if you pass off your cousin dying two hours after her second jab as an "unexplainable freak accident" because every second grader knows how to fake a stomach ache, you deserve to be one of the 4-6% lost forever.
I suppose, if they have to they can actually do a lil audit or general follow up on all the reports later.
Not exactly. A placebo effect is when a person is given a placebo and experiences what he thinks he would if he had had the treatment. Apparently faith alone is often curative. This article says reported adverse effects are delusions, just as placebo effects are. It's a plausible way of belittling the complainers. But limited to subjective complaints like itch or headache with no objective signs.