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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by m-ee on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:01PM (#26794230)
No this is a very different form of clotting caused by auto antibodies that causes both clotting and low platelet counts. It's similar to HIT. Giving heparin in this situation would make things worse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heparin-induced_thrombocytopen...

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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by wonminute on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:40PM (#26795063)
aspirin != heparin. Question, would taking aspirin prior to and after Janssen vaccination lower this risk?
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by m-ee on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:51PM (#26795227)
No it would not. There have been a couple papers focused on the AZ vaccine that get into possible treatments.
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