Pfizer's Covid vaccine is linked to MORE blood clots than AZ
Mar 16, 2021 14:45:31 GMT -5
Post by schwartzie on Mar 16, 2021 14:45:31 GMT -5
Pfizer's Covid vaccine is linked to MORE blood clots than AstraZeneca's – so why isn't the EU banning it? Hypocrisy of European nations revealed as Italy admits decision was 'POLITICAL'
Regulator and scientists insist the clots are appearing in average numbers and are not linked to the vaccines
By now 14 countries in Europe have stopped using AstraZeneca's vaccine, triggering uproar
Data show that blood clots reported more often after Pfizer in UK, suggesting neither has unusual risk level
They're so rare that it's more common for death to be reported than a blood clot, still with no link to vaccine
By SAM BLANCHARD DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 07:41 EDT, 16 March 2021 | UPDATED: 13:23 EDT, 16 March 2021
Pfizer's Covid vaccine has been linked to more blood clots than AstraZeneca's in reports from the UK, statistics show amid Europe's 'baffling' mass revolt against the Oxford jab.
Fourteen countries across the continent have now turned their backs on the Oxford University jab in a knee-jerk reaction over unproven blood clot fears, including France, Italy, Germany and Spain.
EU regulators today moved to quell safety concerns, insisting there was no proof the vaccine causes dangerous side-effects.
European Medicines Agency (EMA) bosses said they were 'firmly convinced' that injections with the AstraZeneca shot should continue. Safety experts said a 'very small number of people' have come down with blood disorders but there is 'no indication' the jab was to blame.
It joined the World Health Organization and the UK government in offering a full-throated defence of the vaccine amid fury at European heavyweights for suspending the jabs.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also waded into the row today, insisting the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and saying he would be 'very happy' if he is given it when he goes to his first Covid vaccination appointment this week.
Leaders on the continent were accused of risking lives with the 'reckless' decisions to stop the flow of vaccines, with scientists warning Covid is 100,000 times more dangerous, compared to the tiny possibility of an issue with clotting.
Full story with pictures and video at link
Regulator and scientists insist the clots are appearing in average numbers and are not linked to the vaccines
By now 14 countries in Europe have stopped using AstraZeneca's vaccine, triggering uproar
Data show that blood clots reported more often after Pfizer in UK, suggesting neither has unusual risk level
They're so rare that it's more common for death to be reported than a blood clot, still with no link to vaccine
By SAM BLANCHARD DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 07:41 EDT, 16 March 2021 | UPDATED: 13:23 EDT, 16 March 2021
Pfizer's Covid vaccine has been linked to more blood clots than AstraZeneca's in reports from the UK, statistics show amid Europe's 'baffling' mass revolt against the Oxford jab.
Fourteen countries across the continent have now turned their backs on the Oxford University jab in a knee-jerk reaction over unproven blood clot fears, including France, Italy, Germany and Spain.
EU regulators today moved to quell safety concerns, insisting there was no proof the vaccine causes dangerous side-effects.
European Medicines Agency (EMA) bosses said they were 'firmly convinced' that injections with the AstraZeneca shot should continue. Safety experts said a 'very small number of people' have come down with blood disorders but there is 'no indication' the jab was to blame.
It joined the World Health Organization and the UK government in offering a full-throated defence of the vaccine amid fury at European heavyweights for suspending the jabs.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also waded into the row today, insisting the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and saying he would be 'very happy' if he is given it when he goes to his first Covid vaccination appointment this week.
Leaders on the continent were accused of risking lives with the 'reckless' decisions to stop the flow of vaccines, with scientists warning Covid is 100,000 times more dangerous, compared to the tiny possibility of an issue with clotting.
Full story with pictures and video at link
