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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by afavour on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:44PM (#26468292)
> But as more blood-clot deaths emerge... you gotta think caution is wise.

Last I saw it's 30 blood-clot deaths. Given the number of people that have received the vaccine that's a tiny, tiny amount. Even if those 30 were directly linkable to the vaccine (and so far no such link has been proven) you could still make the argument that the benefits of mass vaccinations outweigh the concern.

I don't envy anyone in charge of making those choices, though.

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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by hef19898 on Monday March 15, 2021 @01:08PM (#26468564)
Some anti baby pills cause 8-12 trombose cases in 10,000 women. And they are properly tested, approved and on the market.

Usually I don't read notes coming with meds, but I am almost sure that even everyday stuff has potentially deadly side effects in the ball park number of the blood cloths AZ is causing.

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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by blub on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:33AM (#26473952)
They're called contraceptives or birth control pills :-)

Yes, some drugs have pretty nasty side effects, but vaccines are rather special, because their acceptance affects the entire society and vaccine safety is a sensitive topic, especially in a climate of skepticism. Undermining the idea of vaccine safety will be much worse than Covid (at least at this time).

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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by josefx on Monday March 15, 2021 @01:46PM (#26469070)
> And they are properly tested, approved and on the market.

And there would probably be an investigation into that the moment people using them showed up growing a third arm instead of getting a trombose.

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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by petre on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:48PM (#26468346)
If it only happened on the continent and there really is an issue, it might lie with one or more batches from the Belgian factory. My country has only halted the allegedly problematic batch. The UK has been using the domestically manufactured vaccine without issue.
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Re:Germany pauses AstraZeneca vaccinations as a 'precaution' by legolas2412 on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:48PM (#26472324)
30 cases, but only 2 deaths i think.
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