> COVID-19 can also damage the brain by causing blood clots or bleeding that result in a stroke.
This is also a very rare side effect of the J&J vaccine, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/videos/vaccines/vi...
This is also a very rare side effect of the J&J vaccine, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/videos/vaccines/vi...
1. covid19 can potentially cause irreversible damage to brain with blood clots (the reader is encouraged to focus on grave consequencies and ignore the low likehood of those issues)
2. the J&J vaccince has an extremely low possibility to cause blood knots, so CDC recommends to play it safe (the reader is encouraged to focus on the low likehood of adverse effects and ignore the severity of those effects)
Edit: I'd add that in both cases the news outlet wants to bypass the reader's rationality and reach directly the emotional part of the brain, so the reader would make the decision based on feelings.
Not just J&J [1]
>SINGAPORE - There are 10 suspected cases of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), or blood clot in the brain, among those who have received the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for Covid-19 in Singapore.
[1] https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/10-suspected-cases-of...