Coronavirus (2021) thread

[03 March 2002]

Seems very sensibly delivered so far...

 

[Healdplace]

European Medicines Agency’s safety committee concludes that “unusual blood clots with low blood platelets should be listed as very rare side effects” of the #AstraZeneca vaccine but continue to say that vaccine benefits outweigh risk

Their press conference just started saying that. Half an hour of questions to follow.

Hope the timing was not yet another nobody checked who was doing what clash as it looks pretty silly to be planning to do both at the same time. As the European one was announced first.

And why the BBC cut into the key part of the press conference presentation to waffle needlessly is just terrible reporting too!

Surely all that had to happen was delay the UK conference until after and say that up front. Not say just a 'slight delay' in the start was coming. Then cut into the other one at the key part to reiterate they have no clue what the delay is or why. Looks amateurish on such a key matter.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

European Medicines Agency’s safety committee concludes that “unusual blood clots with low blood platelets should be listed as very rare side effects” of the #AstraZeneca vaccine but continue to say that vaccine benefits outweigh risk

No EMA recommendations on age or gender restrictions, but a note that

• National authorities may provide additional guidance on the roll out of the vaccine based on the situation in your country.

which reads to me like we can expect a patchwork of country guidance in the EU

 

[03 March 2002]

Looks like just an update to the included info?

This whole situation should give people confidence in the reporting systems in place and how seriously they are taken.

 

[somapop]

What I thought...there's iterations in every industry and every job.

Looks like just an update to the included info?

 

[Healdplace]

In some ways this EU report makes it worse imo.

If NO age related factors are emerging then this will make the age related differences in giving it to people harder to sell.

IT is basically saying the risk of clots is real and we are not risking it on young folks but you older folk had better have it as otherwise you might die.

I would not blame anyone preferring to have any other vaccine instead now.

Hopefully our scientists will be more helpful.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

JVT will I am sure say it straight.

 

[somapop]

Van Tam will make it clear.....

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

Well the regulator has said that those under 30 should be offered an alternative to AZ if available in our area. Personally, I’ll take the alternative.

 

[Healdplace]

What bothers me too is that we are now basically saying as we collected more data we agreed with what the EU found weeks earlier from less data.

That begs the question did they jump the gun in the EU or were we too slow despite having more data.

The balance of ages was a plausible reason why the EU acted on earlier data (more younger people had it there early). If that is null - why did we only spot this much later from more and longer use of the vaccine?