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Re:Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the Astr... by nottorp on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:21AM (#26502965)
Actually this is independent testing for the AZ vaccine. As in, the only testing not done by AZ themselves.

It all depends on how you look at it...

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Re:Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the Astr... by SiempreViernes on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:30AM (#26503069)
Pretty sure all countries that distribute it have their own independent data sets, or are you suggesting AZ runs the health care systems across Europe?
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Re:Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the Astr... by nottorp on Thursday March 18, 2021 @10:39AM (#26503176)
I'm pretty sure it was approved only based on testing done by AZ themselves. So there were no "independent" tests when it was approved.

As I said before, that's normal procedure for any medication, so we're arguing about the definition of "independent".

Btw the case in Italy was autopsied and found to not have any blood clots.

Edit: found a link in english for Italy

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2021/03/16/ast...

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Re:Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the Astr... by y0ned4 on Thursday March 18, 2021 @12:57PM (#26504758)
I'm from Italy, and we had similar cases too: https://mantovauno.it/cronaca/non-ce-lha-fatta-il-carabinier...
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