Posted on 04/14/2021 4:36:44 PM PDT by conservative98
Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine altogether over a potential link to a rare but serious form of blood clot.
The decision will push back the scheduled conclusion of Denmark's vaccination scheme to early August from July 25, health authorities said.
But that new timeline assumes it will start using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, whose rollout in Europe has been delayed over similar clotting concerns and the use of which Denmark has suspended. That shot comprises around a third of the country's total contracted supply.
Results of investigations into the AstraZeneca-associated blood clots "showed real and serious side-effects," Danish health agency head Soren Brostrom told a news briefing.
"We have therefore chosen to continue the vaccination programme for all target groups without this vaccine."
Astrazeneca said it respected Denmark's choice and would continue to provide it with data to inform future decisions.
"Implementation and rollout of the vaccine programme is a matter for each country to decide, based on local conditions," the Anglo-Swedish company said.
The European Union's drug watchdog said last week it had found a possible link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), a brain blood clot.
It said the risk of dying from COVID-19 was much greater than the risk of mortality from rare side effects, but left it to individual states to make their own risk assessments and decide how to administer the vaccine.
Many countries in Europe and elsewhere have resumed using the shot, with some restricting it to certain age groups, mostly those aged above 50 or above 60.
Brostrom said joint studies based on Danish and Norwegian health data estimated that one in 40,000 people vaccinated with the AstraZeneca shot could expect to experience this serious complication
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AH Demark, always on the cutting edge of stupid.
South Africa made the switch in Jan/Feb early on to Johnson and Johnson due to it being effective against a Covid variant unique to the country apparently...
but the risks posed by it and Astra seem to be the same...
Denmark is a serious, adult country..unlike the jagoffs running things here.
“Denmark is a serious, adult country..”
LOL, Do you know ANYTHING AT ALL about the Denmark’s system and laws?????? Apparently not.
Putting the vaccine on temporary hold while doing a bit of investigation might be more in order.
It certainly appears that the blood clotting is an EXTREMELY rare occurrence showing up in women of child bearing years (18-45) pretty much exclusively.
“LOL, Do you know ANYTHING AT ALL about the Denmarkâs system and laws?????? Apparently not.”
Not an expert but have spent time there. Father in law was from Denmark. Translate my wife’s bank statements from Danish banks. VAT sucks and there are some “socialist” tendendencies. But over all a very civilized, sophisticated, highly intelligent and very well educated country.
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