Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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AZ suspended in Ireland and Norway today.

Yep. Havent read the emerging stuff last night, but will have a gander.

Vaccine target for this week reduced by 30,000 doses due to precautionary pause in AstraZeneca use

The NIAC is due to meet again today and a further statement is expected to follow.

www.thejournal.ie

 

[dublinbluenose]

AZ suspended in Ireland and Norway today.

WHO also examining reports of blood clotting. Bit disappointing to hear we've suspended use of it. Hopefully they're just being over cautious.

 

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Norwegian health authorities have said that three health workers who had recently received the AstraZeneca vaccine are being treated in hospital for bleeding, blood clots and a low count of blood platelets.

Norway halted the roll-out of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Thursday, following a similar move by Denmark. Iceland later followed suit.

"We do not know if the cases are linked to the vaccine," Sigurd Hortemo, a senior doctor at the Norwegian Medicines Agency told a news conference held jointly with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

All three individuals are under the age of 50.

The European medicine regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA,) would investigate the three incidents, Mr Hortemo said.

"They have very unusual symptoms: bleeding, blood clots and a low count of blood platelets," Steinar Madsen, Medical Director at the Norwegian Medicines Agency told broadcaster NRK.

"They are quite sick ... We take this very seriously," he said, adding that authorities had received notification of the cases yesterday.

 

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[grandjoeblue]

What I don't understand is how this isn't happening in the UK when we use the vaccine more than any other nation?

I doubt its down to government suppression either.

 

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Brazil in the midst of a horrible and different surge and goes to show how risky the variants can be.

 

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What I don't understand is how this isn't happening in the UK when we use the vaccine more than any other nation?

I doubt its down to government suppression either.

Very fair point, the UK has rolled this out to many millions more then anyone else and there hasn't been an issue as far as i know. Looks like the suspension is precautionary and hopefully temporary, pending an investigation, which is understandable, why take the risk if there is a raised concern, a lot of countries will follow now.

 

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What I don't understand is how this isn't happening in the UK when we use the vaccine more than any other nation?

I doubt its down to government suppression either.

* Not sure its that good news, but how and ever.

 

[grandjoeblue]

* Not sure its that good news, but how and ever.

28 out of over 20m is very low. Statistically thats extremely insignificant and could be down to other reasons.

 

[peteblue]

Oi, @roydo, you been battered by chills, shakes, headaches, bodyaches, the lot too?

I was fine until 2AM, thought I'd got away with it, and then kablamo.

It‘ll be gone within the day....

 

[PhilM]

That was my experience mate, Pfizer dose 1, no side effects at all, dose 2 about 12 hours later over night, nausea, headaches, fatigue, basically two days were a wipe out and slept for most of it.

I had my first dose of AZ on Thursday and felt fine up until about 3pm on Friday, when the aches kicked in across my torso and a bit of a loss of appetite.

Still, compared to the actual virus it's a doddle.

 

[jinkyali]

Oi, @roydo, you been battered by chills, shakes, headaches, bodyaches, the lot too?

I was fine until 2AM, thought I'd got away with it, and then kablamo.

Mine lasted about 24 hours. Get some paracetamol

 

[lesbattersby]

Why isn't the pfizer vaccine getting pulled if there has been more cases in the UK?

 

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