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The Indian government is opening up vaccinations for all adults starting tomorrow. About 80-90% of them will receive this vaccine over the course of the year. That's about 10-15k "rare" clotting cases within a population that has no access to western-style medical intervention.

> On one side is concern around deaths possibly linked to the vaccine, on the other is the potential of deaths from slowing the vaccination rollout. “Unless you’re on the inside you don’t realise how agonising it is,” he said.

At what point does the risk of dying from this vaccine-induced clot exceed that of dying from covid?