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Re:Denmark to permanently cease using AstraZeneca vaccine by hef19898 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @08:37AM (#26806211)
Which would mean mixing vaccines without any trials done on the effects of this. As compared to using a second AZ shot, which has been analyzed and approved. Seems risky to my untrained eye.

And it wouldn't be hte first AZ related recommendation that changes every other week. We had so far:

- not for people over 65 because of underrepresentation in the trials

- not for people under 60 because of blood clots before any studies were finished

- Nobody wants AZ, so we will give it to everyone who is willing to take it

I don't see a strigent strategy here.

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Re:Denmark to permanently cease using AstraZeneca vaccine by bluGill on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @12:41PM (#26809563)
It means getting a shot of AZ and two of Pfizer/biontech then. Seems reasonable, and this type of mixing is done all the time.
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Re:Denmark to permanently cease using AstraZeneca vaccine by gmueckl on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @08:51AM (#26806347)
Can't argue with that. Everything about the AZ vaccine in politics and the media has been a shitshow so far. AZ themselves probably were caught off guard by the initial bad reporting and the wave of negative public reactions. They don't normally have to play the mass media game in their business.
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