> A pause on vaccines will cause far more deaths than a 1 in 1 million chance of blood clots.

Its not “a pause on vaccines” it’s a pause on one vaccine. And its not 1 in 1 million, because many of the 6.45 million doses administered of J&J are still, or even not yet, within the 1-2 week window after administration where this complication has been observed. And the pause is to get information to healthcare providers and permit them to establish appropriate protocols for handling the clots, not for open ended study. And it coincides with the timing of a short-term supply drop (-80% from prior week) in J&J vaccines that was going to force a sharp drop in the rate of adninistration at some point in the very near future anyway.

It's unethical to give people a vaccines that can cause a blood clot without informing them first of the risk.

It doesn't matter that globally it could cause more deaths. It's not the job of the FDA or CDC to act as your parent and decide for you what risk is and isn't acceptable.

Informed consent is a cornerstone of medical policy.

What will happen is they will modify the consent form to let people know about the risk, and let them decide for themselves.