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Canada suspends AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 55

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By ROB GILLIES

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“There is substantial uncertainty about the benefit of providing AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines to adults under 55 given the potential risks,”

let’s be clear before this goes further. This does NOT mean they’ve stopped using it because it’s dangerous.

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Recent evidence says there is no link, yet another country stops using the AZ vaccine. Why trust one vaccine but not another?

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the increase in the rare type of blood clot happens affects somewhere around one in 100,000 or one in a million people who receive AstraZeneca.

I had trouble understanding that. I found the version below on another news site.

Deeks said the updated recommendations came amid new data from Europe that suggests the risk of blood clots is now potentially as high as one in 100,000, much higher than the one in one million risk believed before.

While the English is clearer, I'm still puzzled by the difference in risk. Is the higher risk (i.e. one in 100,000) when focused on certain groups in the population, e.g. younger females? Does anyone know?

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All the shots are dangerous, not just AZ. They were rushed into production.

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