German state halts use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people under 60

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German state halts use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine for people under 60​


BERLIN —
The German state of Berlin has again suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, this time for those under 60, because of new reports of unusual blood clots in mostly younger people who have received the shots, officials said Tuesday.
The decision was taken as a precaution ahead of a meeting later Tuesday of representatives from all of Germany’s 16 states and further recommendations expected from national medical regulators, said Berlin state’s top health official, Dilek Kalayci.
The meeting was called after Germany’s medical regulator announced that it had received 31 reports of rare blood clots in people who recently received the AstraZeneca vaccine. Nine of the people died, and all but two of the cases involved women aged 20 to 63, the Paul Ehrlich Institute said.

Berlin state’s decision to suspend use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine came a day after a similar move by Canada, which began limiting injections to residents 55 and older.

Reports of an unusual form of blood clot in the head, known as sinus vein thrombosis, prompted several European countries to temporarily halt the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine earlier this month.

After a review by medical experts, the European Union’s drugs regulator, European Medicines Agency, concluded that the benefits of the vaccine far outweighed the risks but recommended that warnings about possible rare side effects should be given to patients and doctors.

Most of the EU’s 27 countries have since resumed use of the vaccine.

Earlier Tuesday, two state-owned hospitals in Berlin announced that they had stopped giving the AstraZeneca vaccine to female staff members under 55. The heads of five university hospitals in western Germany called for a temporary halt to the vaccine for all younger women, citing the blood-clot risk.

Kalayci, the Berlin state health minister, said the suspension of AstraZeneca vaccines for younger people was a precautionary measure.

“We have not had a case of serious side effects in Berlin yet,” she said, adding that all of those who had received the shot already could rest assured that it provides good protection against COVID-19.

“Still, we need to treat it carefully and wait for the talks taking place at the federal level,” said Kalayci.

About 2.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have been administered in Germany so far.

https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...tate-halts-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-under-60
 

Becky1951 said:
"The rare cases of serious blood clots, known as vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia"

Apparently this is a known effect among vaccines. ???

Who knew? I didn't. 😳


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From what I can discern it is extraordinarily rare in other vaccines, and is hardly common in this one. Since there are other vaccines that don't seem to carry the level of risk, it makes sense to avoid this one.
 
Much of this is highly political, and if you read about other vaccines, you will find that there are risks associated with them as well.
For example......
Unexpected side effects for the J & J vaccine occurred at the same rate overall among volunteers who received vaccine and placebo — about 0.5%. A few rare conditions appeared more common with the vaccine, such as blood clot-related conditions or tinnitus, a ringing in the ears.

Significantly, because no one suffered a severe allergic reaction, also known as anaphylaxis, which is seen in Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, people who get the J&J vaccine might not have to be monitored for 15 minutes after injection — easing and speeding up clinics.

All vaccines seem to carry some risk, so do you avoid them all? The greatest risk by far comes from Covid-19.
 

Clear link between AZ vaccine and rare blood clots in brain, EMA official tells paper​


ROME (Reuters) - There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday.

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-vaccine-idINKBN2BT1ET
 
There seems to be a lot of animosity towards this vaccine while few people tend to mention reports of blood clots , anaphylaxis or other side effects associated with other vaccines. In the UK there have been approx 30 cases of blood clots in over 18 million vaccinations. Even if this represents an association the fact remains that the risk is extremely low.

According to the article.. “In my opinion, we can now say it, it is clear that there is an association (of the brain blood clots) with the vaccine. However, we still do not know what causes this reaction,” Cavaleri said, without giving evidence to support his comments.
 

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