The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective. It cannot be linked to an increased risk of blood clots, the European Medicines Agency reported on Thursday. A special press conference was held in Brussels on this matter. It was organized after other European countries suspended vaccinations with this preparation. In Poland, AstraZeneca is used all the time, although more and more people resign from adopting it.
- The AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective, the European Medicines Agency announced on Thursday
- Our expert committee noted that a number of thrombotic effects are lower than the average for the general population, explained Dr. Sabine Straus of the EMA
- The position of the EMA is in line with the expectations of Polish experts. In their opinion, there was no causal relationship between vaccination and thrombotic events
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AstraZeneca is safe and effective
In recent weeks, vaccinations with AstraZeneca were suspended in many European countries. The reason was suspicion that the vaccine might cause blood clots. Several countries have reported deaths in people who previously used the drug.
A press conference on this issue was held on Thursday. Early on, the head of EMAEmer Cooke announced that the AstraZeneca vaccine was safe and effective.
– Our expert committee reviewed all cases of blood clots in people vaccinated with AstraZeneki. It is a safe and effective vaccine. It is in no way associated with an increase in the number of thrombotic events. The benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks, said Crooke.
‘The Committee noted that the number of thrombotic effects is lower than the average for the general population and therefore concluded that there is no increase in the overall risk of thrombotic disease,’ added Dr Sabine Straus, chair of EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee. Straus also noted that the EMA recommends adding a warning to the leaflets for doctors and patients along with a description of the observed cases.
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Emer Cooke reported that 7 million people were vaccinated with AstraZeneki in the European Union and 11 million in the UK.
AstraZeneca is
EMA’s position is in line with what Polish scientists said in their talks with Medonet.
– To date, 37 out of 17 million people receiving AstraZeneki have been reported in Europe for thromboembolic events. We must remember that venous thromboembolism is common in developing and developed countries. In Europe, the annual incidence of such incidents is 130 per 100. men and 110 per 100 thousand. women. These 37 cases are therefore even below the rate that would be expected for the general population without giving any vaccine – said dr hab. Piotr Rzymski, biologist.
– All vaccines authorized in the EU, including AstraZeneca, were XNUMX% effective in protecting against severe disease, hospitalization and death in clinical trials – added.
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The virologist Dr. hab. Tomasz Dzieiątkowski.
– It could happen that someone died as a result of the vaccination because a person with his genetic predisposition got a thrombosis after the vaccination. Such cases are theoretically possible, but each should be carefully checked to establish a link between vaccination and what happened next. If something happens after a certain situation, it does not necessarily mean that it happens as a result of it He said.
– Consider the balance of profits and risks. I always ask the question: does someone prefer to have flu-like symptoms with a fever for a day or two, or potentially, after being infected with SARS-CoV-2, rub against a respirator – emphasized Dziecionkowski.
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