Ireland suspends AstraZeneca vaccine amid blood clot reports

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

LONDON (AP) — Irish health officials on Sunday recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in Norway.

Dr. Ronan Glynn, Ireland’s deputy chief medical officer, said the recommendation was made after Norway’s medicines agency reported four cases of blood clotting in adults after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.

He said that while there was no conclusive link between the vaccine and the cases, Irish health officials are recommending the suspension of the vaccine’s rollout as a precaution. Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic authorities have taken similar precautionary steps.

AstraZeneca said in a statement Sunday that it “would like to offer its reassurance on the safety of its COVID-19 vaccine based on clear scientific evidence.”



FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to a patient inside the convention center known as "La Nuvola", The Cloud, in Rome. Irish health officials have recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in Norway. Dr. Ronan Glynn, Ireland’s deputy chief medical officer, said Sunday, March 14 the recommendation was made after Norway’s medicines agency reported four cases of blood clotting in adults after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)


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[machoneman]

1. Four? Out of how many? Odd indeed they stopped all A.Z. inoculations

[OnDoutside]

2. My guess is that there's a touch of well deserved fuckery towards

Astrazenica involved. Astrazenica have been absolute bastards to deal with, for the EU. All EU states agreed to collectively order through the EU as one. They ordered from Astrazenica in good faith, and Astrazenica have continually screwed the EU, from over promising right from the start to lying every time they promised they would make their targets. It wouldn't surprise me if this was giving one back.

[iluvtennis]

4. Wow...Astra Zeneca did that - something I'd expect from a US pharmaceutical. nt

[Steelrolled]

8. Maybe it was selective reporting

But it seems Astra Zenaca was not at top form with this vaccine, particularly with their problems doing the trial.

[JI7]

5. Didn't Italy block them from sending vaccines to Australia recently ?

[iluvtennis]

10. Affirmative. nt

[OnDoutside]

3. More info here

RTE news : What has happened with the AstraZeneca vaccine?

http://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0314/1203915-astrazeneca/

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. There have been 17 million AZ vaccinations in Europe

So far, there have been 37 people with blood clots. That's actually less than normal.

[NH Ethylene]

7. Johnson & Johnson is also an adenovirus vaccine.

There was a question about blood clots being a side effect in that vaccine too, but there was not enough evidence to list it, with just 15 clotting events in the test group and 0 in the placebo group.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/91343

[Steelrolled]

9. Now that J&J is being deployed on a very wide scale

we should see if they have any real problem.