Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

Re:Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the Astr... by chithanh on Thursday March 18, 2021 @11:30AM (#26503672)

> But my general point still stands, COVID is far, far more dangerous than the vaccine.

It is worth breaking that down by age, sex, and other risk factors.

For an 80 year old male obese smoker, who lives in a country with high COVID-19 rates, I have no problem believing that COVID-19 is more dangerous than the AstraZeneca vaccine.

For a 25 year old female with no comorbidities, who lives in a country with low COVID-19 rates, this is much less clear and will now have to be determined statistically.

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Re:Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the Astr... by 5cents on Thursday March 18, 2021 @11:36AM (#26503750)

In Norway, five women below 50 years have died of COVID-19 (in total) and one from the vaccine

Source (in English): https://www.fhi.no/en/id/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/dai...

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Re:Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the Astr... by chithanh on Thursday March 18, 2021 @11:46AM (#26503873)

But did these women have any comorbidities?

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Re:Norwegian experts say blood clots were caused by the Astr... by kwhitefoot on Thursday March 18, 2021 @12:10PM (#26504147)

The sample is so small that even if they did it wouldn't be possible to say anything definitive about any possible connection. The death rate here in Norway is minuscule compared to the UK, US, France, etc.

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