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Clear Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Rare Blood Clots in Brain, EMA Official Tells Paper
By Reuters
April 6, 2021 Updated: April 6, 2021
ROME—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 with the vaccine. However, we still do not know what causes this reaction,” Marco Cavaleri, chair of the vaccine evaluation team at the EMA, told Italian daily Il Messaggero when asked about the possible relation between the AstraZeneca shot and cases of brain blood clots.
Cavaleri added that the EMA would say there is a link although the regulator would not likely be in a position this week to give an indication regarding the age of individuals to whom the AstraZeneca shot should be given.
He did not provide evidence to support his comments.
AstraZeneca was not immediately available for comment. It has said previously its studies have found no higher risk of clots because of the vaccine.
The regulator has consistently said the benefits outweigh the risks as it investigates 44 reports of an extremely rare brain clotting ailment known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) out of 9.2 million people in the European Economic Area who have received the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The World Health Organization has also backed the vaccine.
The EMA said last week that its review had at present not identified any specific risk factors, such as age, gender, or a previous medical history of clotting disorders, for these very rare events. A causal link with the vaccine is not proven but is possible and further analysis is continuing, the agency said.
A high proportion among the reported cases affected young and middle-aged women but that did not lead EMA to conclude this cohort was particularly at risk from AstraZeneca’s shot.
The EMA is expected to give an update on its investigation on Wednesday.
Some countries, including France, Germany, and the Netherlands, have suspended the use of the vaccine in younger people while the investigations continue.
Scientists are exploring several possibilities that might explain the extremely rare brain blood clots that occurred in individuals in the days and weeks after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.
European investigators have put forward one theory that the vaccine triggers an unusual antibody in some rare cases; others are trying to understand whether the cases are linked with birth control pills.
But many scientists say there is no definitive evidence and it is not clear whether or why AstraZeneca’s vaccine would cause an issue not shared by other vaccines that target a similar part of the coronavirus.
In a separate interview, Armando Genazzani, a member of the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), told La Stampa daily that it was “plausible” that the blood clots were correlated to the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The U.S. Army will start testing among adult volunteers an Army-developed Covid-19 vaccine that researchers say may protect against a variety of coronavirus variants.
Army doctors plan to start testing on Tuesday the protein-based shot in as many as 72 adults ages 18 to 55 at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Md., the institute said. The team will test whether the vaccine safely induces the desired immune response in study subjects.
oh great haven't the military/NG been subjected to enough 'trial n errors'?
they are called to D.C. to defend against 'rioters' just to sit/sleep in a garage and eat poisoned food. They were treated like shit ( the way MOT democrats treat them)
they aren't given the resources they need to do their jobs effectively ...'spat' on for doing their jobs.
Trump NEVER treated the military that way... that's why the majority of service personal stood behind Trump willingly.
Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday that officials across North Carolina need to make a concerted push to get more people vaccinated against coronavirus, with vaccine supply outstripping demand in some areas.
Cooper's statement comes as North Carolina makes vaccinations available to anyone 16 or older.
More than 5.2 million vaccinations have been administered statewide since mid-December, and more than a quarter of adults are now fully vaccinated, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. Nearly two-thirds of people age 65 or older are fully vaccinated, DHHS data shows.
North Carolina's vaccine allotment is expected to jump next week, as the state receives 149,800 doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, up from 58,800 last week. Although fewer doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are being sent to the state, North Carolina's overall allotment next week will be 10 percent greater than this week.
"We're going to have plenty of supply to get every person vaccinated who wants a vaccine," Cooper said during an afternoon news conference. "Pretty soon, we're going to be pushing [and] encouraging people to get it because ... we need to push up the demand until we get as many people vaccinated as possible."
"The quicker we vaccinate everyone, the safer we all are as a state," DHHS Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen agreed.
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The next few weeks 'are going to be critical,' Fauci warns
Anjalee Khemlani
Anjalee Khemlani
April 6, 2021, 11:09 am
Dr. Anthony Fauci says the country is back in a precarious situation, with daily COVID-19 case averages increasing in the past few weeks — signaling a potential surge that could mimic what is happening in Europe.
Throughout the pandemic, the U.S. has regularly lagged a few weeks behind Europe and could continue to follow suit, Fauci told Yahoo Finance. Getting Americans vaccinated is key in preventing another surge, he said.
"I believe that the vaccine will actually have a major impact on preventing us from having a classical surge that we've seen before, but we can't be overconfident, which is one of the reasons why we keep saying over and over again, let's not declare victory prematurely," Fauci said.
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