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Here is an official statement from the Danish Health Authorities about why AstraZeneca has been removed from the rollout: https://www.sst.dk/en/English/news/20
by kasperni 6y ago
Here is an official statement from the Danish Health Authorities about why AstraZeneca has been removed from the rollout:
https://www.sst.dk/en/English/news/2021/Denmark-continues-its-vaccine-rollout-without-the-COVID-19-vaccine-from-AstraZeneca https://www.sst.dk/en/English/news/2021/Denmark-continues-it...
The main takeaway is:
"In the midst of an epidemic, it has been a difficult decision to continue our vaccination programme without an effective and readily available vaccine against COVID-19. However, we have other vaccines at our disposal, and the epidemic is currently under control. Furthermore, we have come a long way towards vaccinating the older age groups where vaccination has a tremendous potential impact on preventing infection. Age is the main risk factor for becoming severely ill from COVID-19. The upcoming target groups for vaccination are less likely to become severely ill from COVID-19. We must weigh this against the fact that we now have a known risk of severe adverse effects from vaccination with AstraZeneca, even if the risk in absolute terms is slight,"