Its not done by politicians. Its done by the national agencies that investigate and approve medicines.

The decision is also due to legal issues, at least in Germany. The number of cases for clots exceed the threshold. The govt has no choice to stop or face lawsuits since it is a state vaccination program.

If that is the case, why then isn't the Pfizer also suspended? Since it generated the same deaths

The number of cases or deaths are conditional on the cases in the general population, it’s not an absolute number. The cases for AZ - 7 cerebral vein thombrosis in 1.6M vaccinations - which is higher than in general population. AZ will get back on the market with a restricted use or a warning label.

> And that decision was taken by politicians keen to cover their ass, afraid of idiotic anti-vaxxers.

It's more of the EU playing "well, we didn't want it anyway" after getting the short end of the stick in AZ vaccine production (the EU has been a net exporter of AZ vaccine, but AZ deliveries are lagging behind significantly compared to UK).

They didn't get the short stick.

EU deliveries of the AZ vaccine are behind the UK ones because they started production at least 3 months later and it takes time to debug pharmaceutical plants for new drugs.

Even in the UK the production process is still inconsistent with fluctuating yields

UK got many of its initial doses from plants in the EU (Netherlands and Belgium).

One of the production places in the EU mentioned in the EU contract still isnt up and running because AZ has refused to file the proper paperwork to be able to use it. Its insane.

Is that Halix in NL - https://www.politico.eu/article/breton-no-astrazeneca-jabs-e...