AstraZeneca Defends Covid-19 Vaccine Safety As The Netherlands, Ireland Join Others In Suspending Use.

By Siladitya Ray, Forbes Staff
15 March 2021 at 4:27. 3-min read

AstraZeneca on Sunday insisted that is Covid-19 vaccine was safe citing a review of safety data from inoculated people which found no evidence of increased risk of blood clots, as the Netherlands and Ireland became the latest countries to suspend the use of the vaccine following reports of possible side effects including blood clots.

The Netherlands announced on Sunday that the use of the AstraZeneca jab will be suspended at least until March 29 as a precaution after reports of unexpected possible side effects in Denmark and Norway.

While no cases of blood clotting were reported in the Netherlands, there was no proof yet of a direct link between the vaccine and blood clots, Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said, adding: “We can’t allow any doubts about the vaccine.”

Ireland also temporarily suspended the use of the shots following the reports from Norway, noting the move was a precaution as no direct link had been established between the vaccine and the adverse events.

Insisting its vaccine is safe, AstraZeneca said it had reviewed safety data of more than 17 million people vaccinated in the European Union and the U.K. and found no evidence of an “increased risk of pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis or thrombocytopenia, in any defined age group, gender, batch or in any particular country,” Reuters reported.

Apart from the Netherlands and Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Thailand have also temporarily suspended rollout of the vaccine while Austria has stopped using a particular batch of the shots.

30 million. That’s the number of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that the U.S. government has purchased, the New York Times reported. However, the vaccine is yet to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is still undergoing phase-three clinical trials.

Although the World Health Organization has said it is investigating the reports of blood clots, its Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said: “It remains unclear if the vaccine is causing the blood clots.” She then added: “The adverse events which are reported after vaccination have to be seen in the context of events which occur naturally in the population. Just because it’s reported following a vaccination doesn’t mean that it’s because of the vaccination. It could be completely unrelated.”

Last week, Austria stopped using a batch of AstraZeneca shots while investigating the death of a 49-year-old woman who died from blood clots 10 days after being administered the vaccine. Responding to the development, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said that a preliminary probe found that there was no indication that the vaccine caused the clotting or the death. AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, developed in conjunction with Oxford University, has faced more scrutiny than its three other western counterparts developed by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. While trials have shown it to be safe, well-tolerated and effective in preventing disease, phase three trials that included confusion about the use of two separate dosing regimens has led to some bad press. While the vaccine was backed enthusiastically by the U.K. government—which had helped fund its development—European regulators initially held off on authorizing the vaccine for people older than 65 due to a lack of adequate testing data on the cohort. Though this decision was later reversed, the flip flop and bad press has dented public confidence in the shot which has forced German authorities to plead with people to take the vaccine.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2021/03/15/astrazeneca-defends-covid-19-vaccine-safety-as-the-netherlands-ireland-join-others-in-suspending-use/

Wahala for those who are taking the vaccine

Lol. And our nafdac don approve am
And all our politicians dem dem don take am

NCDC aren’t functioning.

This vaccine issue is really contentious.Pls avoid vaccines for now.It is well.

Racoon:
This vaccine issue is really contentious.Pls avoid vaccines for now.It is well.

FG is giving us vaccines, but they did not remember us during palliatives

iwaeda:


FG is giving us vaccines, but they did not remember us during palliatives

How many Nigerians have received the vaccine? How many Nigerians are even interested in taking the jab?

The political elites should share the vaccine amongst themselves same way they have been sharing our yams

Monogamy:
Wahala for those who are taking the vaccine

There is no wahala I have taken the vaccine and had no side effect. On the 16th of May I am getting the second jab. Lots of people here have even completed their doses of Astrazenaca, Pfizer and Moderna without issue. If u read or don't have comprehension issue, u will see that there is no evidence that the blot clot was caused by the vaccine. Death occurs. It's like saying u have never eaten kebab before and some one eats it for the first time and dies you will now say kebab kills people how do u know he wouldn't have died that same day if he had internal issues.. You now say it kebab without evidence.. Don't u see how daft it sounds..

pquaver:


There is no wahala I have taken the vaccine and had no side effect. On the 16th of May I am getting the second jab. Lots of people here have even completed their doses of Astrazenaca, Pfizer and Moderna without issue. If u read or don't have comprehension issue, u will see that there is no evidence that the blot clot was caused by the vaccine. Death occurs. It's like saying u have never eaten kebab before and some one eats it for the first time and fies you will now say kebab kills people.. Don't u see how daft it sounds..

Wahala for those who are taking the vaccine

Read and comprehend

Monogamy:




Read and comprehend

Nothing to comprehend.. there before Nigerians people have been taking it

pquaver:


Nothing to comprehend.. there before Nigerians people have been taking it

Indeed, you really have comprehension problem.

Blood coating oo, liver or kidney coating should be the worries of those who are taking the vaccine not some of us that are not interested..

Let that sink

Agbegbaorogboye:
Lol. And our nafdac don approve am And all our politicians dem dem don take am

you mean president bubu and his vice don take am?

baralatie:

you mean
president bubu and his vice don take am?

Na you talk am oo

Agbegbaorogboye:
Na you talk am oo

Monogamy:


Indeed, you really have comprehension problem.

Blood coating oo, liver or kidney coating should be the worries of those who are taking the vaccine not some of us that are not interested..

Let that sink

Good it is not by force. You are not take then be satisfied.. There is no evidence of blood, liver or kidney cloting,

pquaver:


Good it is not by force. You are not take then be satisfied.. There is no evidence of blood, liver or kidney cloting,

If there is no evidence, why are some European countries banning it... 6 cases was reported in one of the Europe country

Monogamy:


If there is no evidence, why are some European countries banning it... 6 cases was reported in one of the Europe country

Read the article above. it is written there. The reason for the stop is given but as I said maybe comprehension issues.

pquaver:


Read the article above. it is written there. The reason for the stop is given but as I said maybe comprehension issues.

Who is referring to this article, something I watched on both AJ and CNN yesterday

[quote author=Monogamy post=99914836][/quote]
Is this how u argue. They clearly spell it out that it was suspended as a precautionary measure. Don't you understand what taking a precautionary measure is? Is there anywhere my argument with you is about whether it was suspended or not? I am only telling that is has not been found that its the vaccine that caused it. In UK 17 million people have taken Astrazenaca doses not a single case of brain haemorrhage, in Germany 1.6 million people have taken. Astrazenaca including me we have seven case so if you are smart u should look at the number but oyinbo being who they are still took the precautionary measure capish?