- 41 lightning deaths per year in the USA [1] out of 328M people. 41/328M = 1.25e-7<p>- 1,263 covid deaths in the USA out of 163M vaccinated [2]. 1263/163M = 7.75e-6 and it's not even August.<p>Seems wrong, by more than (vaccinated=1263/163M)/(lightning=41/328M) = 62x. Or am I missing something?<p>[1] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/06/08/us-weather-lightning-fatailities/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/06/08/us-weather...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/breakthrough-cases.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/bre...</a>
In 2021 there were no lightning deaths in the US as of June [0]. This stat compares the lifetime odds of death from lightning [1] to several months of covid data.<p>0 - <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/06/08/us-weather-lightning-fatailities/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/06/08/us-weather...</a><p>1 - <a href="https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/preventable-death-overview/odds-of-dying/data-details/" rel="nofollow">https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/all-injuries/preventable-death-o...</a>
Funnily enough, one of the reported SAEs for the original Moderna trial was a (non-fatal) lightning strike. Obviously, this was nothing to do with the vaccine, but Moderna did have to declare it.