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This is categorically misleading. > There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very > rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes
by tsujp 6y ago
This is categorically misleading.
> There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very
> rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still
> unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency
> (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday.
> “In my opinion, we can now say it, it is clear that there is an
> association (of the brain blood clots) with the vaccine. However,
> we still do not know what causes this reaction,” Marco Cavaleri,
> chair of the vaccine evaulation (sic) team at the EMA, told
> Italian daily Il Messagero.
> Cavaleri provided no evidence to support his comment.
So one senior member, albeit the chair of the vaccine evaluation team (but maybe that's cause for more concern), has said ahead of the official EMA announcement that in their _opinion_ there is a clear link and _there is no evidence_.
> However, the EMA later said in a statement that its review of the
> vaccine was ongoing and it expected to announce its findings on
> Wednesday or Thursday.
> In response to Cavaleri’s comments, the Amsterdam-based EMA said
> in a statement on Tuesday: “EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment
> Committee (PRAC) has not yet reached a conclusion and the review
> (of any possible link) is currently ongoing.”
Can the title be changed here to reflect this is not yet the official stance of the EMA; it feels misleading.
Also I wonder how this bodes for Australia's vaccine rollout given we're using AstraZeneca.
- Pyramus 6y agoIt's not misleading at all, there is no doubt that there is a direct link between the AZ vaccine and these rare thrombosis cases. This link has been evidenced in several member states of the EU (see e.g. my sibling comment [1]) roughly three weeks ago. What remains unknown is the mechanism that triggers this rare event. However, there are some promising theories and potential treatments! [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26713481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26713481
- zepto 6y ago> there is no doubt that there is a direct link between the AZ vaccine and these rare thrombosis cases Given that the article doesn’t say this, can you say why you are so certain?