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> Use the AZ vaccine on older people and the others on younger people, the risk calculus changes as you get older. I am not sure older people would be too fond
by woko 6y ago
> Use the AZ vaccine on older people and the others on younger people, the risk calculus changes as you get older.
I am not sure older people would be too fond of this risk calculus. What about using "the others" on older people, and producing more of "the others" to vaccinate younger people later on?
The risk for the general population of younger people is low, they are not too afraid about the virus, and a potentially large part of them have already gotten COVID and recovered just fine. So there is no hurry in general. From what I read, people who are at risk without being extremely ill in the first place are old people and over-weight people (regardless of age). cf. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.051936 https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.051936
- GhostVII 6y agoOlder people are both less at risk from this type of clot (at least based on current data), and much more likely to die from COVID. So the risk of them dying from COVID in the time they have to wait to get an alternative vaccine is almost certain higher than the risk of them dying from a clot from the AZ vaccine.
- quickthrowman 6y agoOver a certain age, the odds of dying are higher from COVID-19 than the AZ vaccine blood clots. Ideally nobody would need to take the vaccine that has a 1 in 2 million deadly side effect, but we’re supply constrained right now.