1 death out of 900 isn't really that suspicious under normal circumstances. These aren't normal circumstances, however.
The fever is a concern, 99 people of the sample having that reaction seems to be indicative of a problem, especially considering 104°F is in the danger area.
I am sure that the booster causing 104 fever would not kill a different person. Thank you for talking me down.
I think you could reasonably expect a death in 1000 people. In this case it probably was the vax, tho.
I take death in trials as a lower bound. They pick the participants and the size of the trial.
A single death suggests that the drug may be fatal to some, but there is not sufficient statistical power for the trial to estimate for how many. Just like they like it.
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