Rebelbrowser wrote: » From RTE.ie "...Germany's vaccine regulator reports 31 cases of blood disorder after AstraZeneca shot Germany's vaccine regulators said it has recorded 31 cases of a rare blood clot in the brain, nine of which resulted in deaths, after people received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) said it has now registered 31 cases of clots in the cerebral veins - known as sinus veinthrombosis, or CSVT - and that in 19 of these there was a deficiency of blood platelets or thrombocytepenia. In nine cases, the affected people died. With the exception of two cases, all reports concerned women between the ages of 20 and 63. The two men were 36 and 57 years old....". That doesn't seem great. I know Covid kills younger people too, and I haven't done the maths, but 9 deaths of people aged 20 to 63 sounds problematic?
lucernarian wrote: » One thing to note is that unlike sputnik and J&J, the AZ/Chadox vaccine relies on injection of the exact same adenovirus vector, twice. There's no conclusion to be made on that fact alone, but it's worth pointing out before saying that the clotting issues are likely to arise in the other adenovirus-vector vaccines. The strain of adenovirus might be relevant also, the 3 vaccines differ in that regard.
Stark wrote: » Interesting hypothesis. If it's due to the second dose, it might explain why the UK aren't seeing the same issues.
Qiaonasen wrote: » I dunno. India for sure probably has bad reporting. The UK should be better but there is a lot of Nationalism on going. They could be hiding it?
thebourke wrote: » is there a website where they show how many people are getting vaccinated every day?
Rebelbrowser wrote: » Whilst the relevant UK politicians are perfectly capable of this I fear, I can't see the scientific community cooperating. I'd imagine its virtually impossible for such an UK omerta to be feasible? The 2nd dose theory might be worth exploring though.
funnydoggy wrote: » RTÉ imaginary headline -Breaking news - AZ vaccine makes some recipients sleepy, reports say. People are reporting they are sleeping from 6-8 hours every night, which sparks doubt amidst the vaccine rollout.
iamwhoiam wrote: » British Columbia in Canada have banned use of AZ in under 55 age group
stephenjmcd wrote: » Canada paused AZ in u55's yesterday
Elessar wrote: » From Michael McGrath on his way into the cabinet meeting earlier: "We are expecting to administer 860,000 doses in April and well over a million in the month of May." Already that 1 million a month in April is now down 140k. Watch this space as figures decline further on foot on delivery shortfalls. All this talk of relaxations and barbers/hairdressers/retail in May is rubbish.
lucernarian wrote: » Is this connected to the recent Canadian decision? This decision comes from the home of the world's most advanced hospital and international centre of excellence (the charité) and I hope that the suspension is brief and there isn't an increased risk after further review.
Cork2021 wrote: » I really really can’t stand these ****èrs!!!https://twitter.com/isagcovid19/status/1376660674210844675?s=21 And then their leader Killeenhttps://twitter.com/killeen_gerry/status/1376819550696710144?s=21
Probes wrote: » What they are saying makes perfect sense to me.
PhilOssophy wrote: » Paul Reid was asked recently how many vaccines could be administered per week if there was no shortage of vaccine. He was unable to answer. How on earth have the HSE not thought of a scenario where a vaccine supplier comes up with 10m doses for Ireland, and we want to administer them ASAP, how have they not thought of the question "How long will this take, how ready are we, how many centres, etc do we need to get these into peoples arms ASAP"? I can't fathom for the life of me how they don't know the answer to this question - hypothetical or not, it is hopefully the sort of question we'll be facing soon as more vaccines come on stream.
Le Bruise wrote: » There's going to be quite a few 'experts' looking a wee bit silly come summer time I feel!
is_that_so wrote: » They have a target of 1m+ per month, supposedly from April. With most of the MVCs not even up and running yet it's impossible to give an answer.
PhilOssophy wrote: » The thread has moved on, but to me Boris is talking through his backside. The time for doing the "neighbourly thing to do" was to agree a common approach to keeping this virus out of here. They have played political games with peoples lives' and as a result of their unwillingness to work together, thousands of lives have been lost. We could have been in the same position as NZ now but for the unwillingness of the DUP to accept that working together when you are on an island is the best strategy. Don't ever let Arlene and her Nordie and Westminster colleagues pull the wool over our eyes otherwise. If I was MM I'd tell Boris and the DUP to stick their vaccines where the sun don't shine.
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