EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry

Re:EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contract... by DoingIsLearning on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:16AM (#26818060)

One thing I haven't seen discussed is that staff nurses, instrument nurses, etc. spend much more time standing up in a stationary position (not walking or sitting) compared with other healthcare workers in a hospital setting.

Everyone is jumping to focus on young females/genetics but it could really just be occupation related, most of these nurses will have their vacine shot on-site and continue their daily shift afterwards (where they stand orthostatic for several hours).

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Re:EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contract... by tpm on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:40AM (#26818259)

I can only speculate since I know next to nothing about that but AFAIK those thromboses are not in leg veins but in different parts of the body - in the brain (Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis), lungs (embolism) etc.

Also the mechanism which causes this seems to be better understood now - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104840

"Vaccination with ChAdOx1 nCov-19 can result in the rare development of immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia mediated by platelet-activating antibodies against PF4, which clinically mimics autoimmune heparin-induced thrombocytopenia."

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