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EU agency says JJ vaccine s clot side effect very rare
Posted : 2021-04-21 10:37
Updated : 2021-04-21 10:37
In this file photo taken on March 25, bottles of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine await transfer into syringes for administering at a vaccine rollout targeting immigrants and the undocumented in Los Angeles. AFP-Yonhap
Europe s medicines regulator said Tuesday that blood clots should be listed as a very rare side effect of Johnson & Johnson s coronavirus vaccine, but that the benefits of the shot still outweighed the risks.
The United States is expected to announce its decision on the single-shot JJ vaccine by Friday, as nations around the world urgently try to accelerate inoculation campaigns and revive their pandemic-ravaged economies.
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Europe’s medicines regulator has found a “possible link” between the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson and rare blood clots in adults who received the shot in the US.
The European Medicines Agency said on Tuesday its safety committee concluded that a warning about unusual blood clots with low blood platelets should be added to the vaccine’s labels as a “very rare side effect”.
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It said all reported blood clot cases occurred in adults aged under 60 – mostly women – within three weeks of vaccination.
All available evidence, including eight reports of cases in the US, were part of its assessment, it said.
Basically, the WHO Science Council will be the voice of scientific leadership directly advising the international organization about there what, where, when, and hows of high-priority scientific issues and keep an eye on new breakthroughs that can help to directly impact global health.
Early last month, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced he would end the state’s mask mandate and allow most businesses to function at 100 percent capacity.
The response from the corporate media and the Left was predictable. California governor Gavin Newsom declared the move “absolutely reckless.” Beto O’Rourke called the GOP a “cult of death.” Joe Biden called the move “Neanderthal thinking.” Keith Olbermann insisted, “Texas has decided to join the side of the virus” and suggested Texans shouldn’t be allowed to take the covid vaccine.
Other states have followed in Texas’s wake, and Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia are now all states where covid restrictions range from weak to nonexistent.