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NACI weighing whether to change Oxford-AstraZeneca recommendation

Published Friday, April 16, 2021 6:18AM EDT The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is weighing whether to change its recommendation that Oxford-AstraZeneca not be offered to those under 55. Health Canada says it considers the vaccine safe. Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube says the province is considering offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to people younger than 55. Provinces brought in the age restriction in response to rare cases of blood clots in younger people who had received that shot. One such reaction has been reported in Canada. Alberta s chief medical health officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, says she ll discuss with the provincial immunization committee this week whether to expand AstraZeneca shots to more age groups.

Doctors say lowering age cutoff for AstraZeneca vaccine makes sense as cases surge

The odds of someone getting the syndrome dubbed vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia has been estimated at between one in 100,000 and one in 250,000. By comparison, about one in four people hospitalized with COVID-19 will experience a blood clot, Alberta s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw noted this week. Certainly based on risks, most people are much better off with a vaccine, said Dr. Daniel Gregson, an associate professor at the University of Calgary s Cumming School of Medicine. You can certainly drop it easily to 45, if not 35. Gregson, who specializes in infectious diseases and medical microbiology, said uncertainty has been planted in peoples minds about getting AstraZeneca, but they do things that are just as risky on a daily basis without a second thought.

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