They are fully aware the vaccine is going to kill people and are already formulating the narrative to excuse it.

"One of the things we want to make sure people understand is that they should not be unnecessarily alarmed if there are reports, once we start vaccinating, of someone or multiple people dying within a day or two of their vaccination who are residents of a long-term care facility. That would be something we would expect, as a normal occurrence, because people die frequently in nursing homes."

https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_f57704265a0db9708053b6eb5320dd44