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UK committee advises under-30s be offered alternative to AstraZeneca jab, while EU review finds no evidence age or gender are risk factors for side effects
The UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that people under the age of 30 with no underlying health conditions should be offered an alternative covid-19 vaccine instead of the Oxford/AstraZeneca shot where possible, due to evidence linking the vaccine to rare blood clots. A review by the UK’s medicines regulator found that by the end of March, 79 people in the UK had experienced rare blood clots following vaccination with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine – 19 of whom had died. The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said this was not definitive evidence that the vaccine caused the clots but said the link was becoming firmer. However, both the MHRA in the UK and the EU’s medici
First images of cells exposed to COVID-19 vaccine reveal production of native-like Coronavirus spikes
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ox az vaccine spike protein compares to coronavirus | University of Southampton
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What happens in the cells after being vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine?
The spectacular picture above shows the response of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine to the Covid-19 vaccine cells.
Cells produce protein spikes similar to SARS-Cov-19 coronavirus, which is very important for triggering the immune response necessary to protect us from disease.
The new study compares the protein peaks produced on the cell surface after Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccination with the natural protein peaks of SARS-CoV-19 coronavirus for the first time.
The image shows that the virus produced in our cells after vaccination is very similar to this virus. In this way, the immune system is activated to fight COVID-19.
Images show how AstraZeneca vaccine turns cells into little factories | Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
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