Is the virus dangerous enough that we should vaccinate people with a vaccine that might possibly (but probably not) have a 1-in-7 million chance of a deadly blood clot?

If the virus is not that dangerous, how can we justify continued closures of schools, main streets, etc?
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is an intervention.

Closing schools, closing libraries, limiting attendance at church, curbing youth sports--those are also interventions.

Interventions always have risks and known costs.

Only some of those risks get weighed.
Do we have zero tolerance for risks of interventions against COVID? Is that the federal government's stance, as suggested by the J&J suspension?

If so, suspend all closures and distancing requirements.
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