Vaccine Megathread - See OP for threadbans

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

It's always jam tomorrow with AZ. We'll probably only get half of that figure.

It's always backloaded it appears. Same end of March early days of April is happening again end of April early days of May

Wife 35, received first dose of AZ in February, diagnosed with DVT in leg in UHL tonight. 6 other people in with similar issues (speaking to eachother in acute medical unit) all took AZ in February. Surely not a coincidence.

Kevint30 wrote: »

Wife 35, received first dose of AZ in February, diagnosed with DVT in leg in UHL tonight. 6 other people in with similar issues (speaking to eachother in acute medical unit) all took AZ in February. Surely not a coincidence.

Too long a gap, don't think that's anything too do with AZ.

Strazdas wrote: »

That's a big gap in time though. Can it start causing side effects two months after being administered?

I've no idea

Kevint30 wrote: »

Wife 35, received first dose of AZ in February, diagnosed with DVT in leg in UHL tonight. 6 other people in with similar issues (speaking to eachother in acute medical unit) all took AZ in February. Surely not a coincidence.

Jeez, that's awful! Ye must be in bits with that news!

As for the potential link to AZ, Thrombosis Ireland issued a statement a week ago to say that no evidence exists that DVTs are in any way associated with AZ. The type of clot within the purview of the current AZ scare (CVST with thrombocytopenia) is allegedly quite different from a DVT, which is sadly an all too common event.

That said, if there is a cluster in UHL with similar AZ histories, I'm sure that will be assessed along with other potential causes. Thankfully, ye got her into hospital, and I'm sure treatmsnt can start immediately which is good news. I'd be inclined to look at other causes, rather than focusing on AZ, as the circumstances appear to be well outside the timeframe and clotting mechanisms involved in the vaccine studies.

I'm sure also that they will have tested her for Covid, as sadly a Covid infection would also be a potential cause of DVT with the journal Thorax saying that it found the occurrence of DVTs among people with Covid as high as 11.2%...:eek:

I wish her a speedy recovery, and stay safe yourself..

https://thrombosis.ie/covid-19/

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/az-covid-19-vaccine-blood-clots-risks-explained/

Turtwig wrote: »

Hope your wife's doing well.
Impossible to know if it is a coincidence or not. AZ is currently not linked with DVT. It's possible as more and more people get vaccinated the people presenting into the various medical and surgical assessment units with various problems will have gotten a vaccine recently. Whether a vaccine was a contributory factor will be difficult to determine.

Was it reported to the HPRA.

She is literally just home, she's fine thanks. She got a blood thinning injection and Riudroxaban tabs to take. Appointment at DVT clinic Thursday morning. No idea if this was reported to the HPRA.

Straight from the nurses mouth when she met my wife was "another one post vaccine"

TomOnBoard wrote: »

Jeez, that's awful! Ye must be in bits with that news!

As for the potential link to AZ, Thrombosis Ireland issued a statement a week ago to say that no evidence exists that DVTs are in any way associated with AZ. The type of clot within the purview of the current AZ scare (CVST with thrombocytopenia) is allegedly quite different from a DVT, which is sadly an all too common event.

That said, if there is a cluster in UHL with similar AZ histories, I'm sure that will be assessed along with other potential causes. Thankfully, ye got her into hospital, and I'm sure treatmsnt can start immediately which is good news. I'd be inclined to look at other causes, rather than focusing on AZ, as the circumstances appear to be well outside the timeframe and clotting mechanisms involved in the vaccine studies.

I'm sure also that they will have tested her for Covid, as sadly a Covid infection would also be a potential cause of DVT with the journal Thorax saying that it found the occurrence of DVTs among people with Covid as high as 11.2%...:eek:

I wish her a speedy recovery, and stay safe yourself..

https://thrombosis.ie/covid-19/

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/az-covid-19-vaccine-blood-clots-risks-explained/

Thanks for the information. She was not COVID tested today

Kevint30 wrote: »

Straight from the nurses mouth when she met my wife was "another one post vaccine"

I know this isn't a very popular opinion, but nurses can be absolute morons the same as anyone else.

About 250k people were vaccinated in Feb. To take just one risk factor for VT, you'd expect a few cases in that group from users of oral contraceptives alone. And the risk of VT in the general population grows sharply with age, so if older people are being vaccinated there will be a number of cases arising purely from other causes.

Also, given that the vaccines are not 100% effective, you'd expect VT cases from people vaccinated who'd subsequently had mild COVID, since even mild COVID has a significant thrombosis risk. That's one of the reasons we're vaccinating people!

wadacrack wrote: »

This seems like good news about India's Covaxin

https://twitter.com/ICMRDELHI/status/1384762345314951173

Good to see but the suggestion is that the double mutant was never more than a VUI unless you access certain elements of the media.

What time approx will Mondays doses be released?

RavenBea17b wrote: »

Not too sure how Brexit impacted it to be honest - it may have, I don't know. The UK Yellow Card system updates other Medical authorities and vice versa - . Many in the community talk to each other ask and share knowledge and experiences as well as updates via medical bodies.

Because of Brexit, the UK withdrew from the EMA on 31st December. Their MHRA took over sole responsibility for regulation. That agency did not spot the associations that other countries spotted.

Kevint30 wrote: »

Wife 35, received first dose of AZ in February, diagnosed with DVT in leg in UHL tonight. 6 other people in with similar issues (speaking to eachother in acute medical unit) all took AZ in February. Surely not a coincidence.

Was there an underlying health reason that she received her vaccine aged 35? Scary that there were 6 other people there with the same problem...were they all female?

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

I'm due to get my vaccine at the Aviva today. Are there delays getting in to the car park etc. Would I be better finding a parking space out on the road and walking in?

Will be plenty of parking on the streets around (all pay parking mind), so wouldnt be too worried about it.

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Not to mention the fact that there's two Mr. Johnsons, which will speed things up even more.

Its so good they give you both Johnson jabs at the same time.

1huge1 wrote: »

Released now

https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/vaccination-programme-dashboard-as-of-19-april-2021.pdf

14k doses on Monday

Yikes... That's poor