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> In collaboration with experts in the field from the University Hospital of North Norway HF, we have found specific antibodies against blood platelets that can
by dsnr 6y ago
> In collaboration with experts in the field from the University Hospital of North Norway HF, we have found specific antibodies against blood platelets that can cause these reactions[...]
So the evidence is definitely not from only „this particular doctor“, but from a group of experts on the matter.
- DoingIsLearning 6y ago> we found specific antibodies against blood platelets So are they claiming that this is actually due to the vaccine formulation itself, i.e. does this finding exclude the initial hypothesis of a Quality issue or a specific 'bad batch' of the vaccine?
- dekhn 6y agothe news article doesn't say; it attributes a quote to the doctor saying "it's the vaccine" but it's unclear whether that means "bad batch". Personally, if 3 health workers all go to the same hospital in a remote region complaining of clots, it's more likely that something local happened (as you say, QA, or any number of other sources).
- kwhitefoot 6y agoThe article is a very poor quality summary. The articles in VG are much better. I put a quote from one and a translation elsewhere on this HN page.
- dekhn 6y agoI've read all of them so far and I still think the professor was being irresponsible in his wording and the press is being dumb for amplifying it.
- dsnr 6y agoIt‘s not local, there have been similar cases in Germany and Italy, with confirmed deaths.
- dekhn 6y agoThe committee "concluded that the vaccine is not associated with an increase in the overall risk of thromboembolic events, or blood clots," Cooke said.
- dekhn 6y agothe article doesn't say the "experts in the field" agree with the doctor, just that they collaborated, on a technical part of the experiment. Again, this is such a small sample and out-there group that it's not representative and there are many explanations that are more likely than "the vaccine causes blood clots".