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Thanks for the link. No treatment with immunoglobulin was given in this case, which might explain why it ended unfavorably.
by raverbashing 6y ago
Thanks for the link. No treatment with immunoglobulin was given in this case, which might explain why it ended unfavorably.
- marvin 6y agoAlso, if you're interested, the team of doctors at three Norwegian hospitals have just published their case study of the 5 Norwegian healthcare workers who experienced these rare blood clots. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104882 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104882 The authors conclude "Although rare, VITT is a new phenomenon with devastating effects for otherwise healthy young adults and requires a thorough risk–benefit analysis. The findings of our study indicate that VITT may be more frequent than has been found in previous studies in which the safety of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine has been investigated."
- raverbashing 6y agoThanks, this report is, while describing rare events, sobering