Australia will proceed with the delivery of locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine after a rare blood clotting condition was found in aDeputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd said on Saturday that the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation and the Therapeutic Goods Administration had not recommended any change to the rollout of the vaccine.The decision comes after a 44-year-old man was admitted to Melbourne’s Box Hill Hospital on Friday for blood clots.
“Importantly, this review has determined that there is no evidence that improper storage or administration of the vaccine could be implicated in this, or other similar events,” he said.“While at this time, we don’t have evidence of causality, the clinical features of this case, are consistent with what we have seen in international reports of similar cases. And it is likely that the case reported yesterday is related to the vaccine,” he said.
Professor Kidd said the Australian government was working closely with jurisdictions where millions of doses had been administered, such as the European Union, to better understand any possible link between the vaccine and the rare clotting condition. About 670,000 vaccinations had been delivered by April 1, well short of the four million jabs the federal government had initially promised.
jamesmassola Dear ScottMorrisonMP & GregHuntMP Will Australians be offered a blood test to assess their risk of blood clots BEFORE getting AZ vaccine? OR Will more Australians die from vaccines than covid19? For younger age groups, it looks like we are on track. Yours faithfully Aus
jamesmassola Yet again proving the Aus govt cares not for lives. How many actual deaths lately by covid alone in Australia? 1,3,5.. Zero? 🐨 more deaths via vaccines than covid. Yet people line up for treatment for something they dont have, NOR likely to ever have 😂
jamesmassola Is he still alive?
jamesmassola Ya can shove it up ya jacuzzi ! I’ll wait for the other one .. but this means there is still time for scumos blood to clot .. I’ll bet that smug bastard had the other vaccine !
jamesmassola How come this guy in his 40s got the jab? Existing medical conditions?
jamesmassola Because we have no other options
jamesmassola Is Australia the only country in the world where there is no choice for most people that they have to accept the Astra Zeneca vaccine or nothing? What other countries are in the same boat as Australia?
jamesmassola Dear ScottMorrisonMP & GregHuntMP I must disclose I own no shares in CSL and I have no monetary interest in which vaccines Australians get. My job and livelihood doesnt depend on supporting one vaccine over the other. Unlike others. Yours faithfully The People of Australia
jamesmassola ScottMorrisonMP and AlboMP both got the Pfizer vaccine. Aren’t they the lucky ones...
jamesmassola Nobody seems 2 b able 2 answer if u can have AZ now then Pfizer in the future. I'll take what's available now but AZ's no good vs emerging strains - that's more concerning than incidence rate of clots
jamesmassola If you look at the United Kingdom last night for argument’s sake, there were 50 deaths with COVID, it is important we provide protection to the community. But we have almost no covid here. Why should we risk anyone's life? Particularly when we know there are alternatives
jamesmassola Australia could build its capabilities to produce mRNA vaccines or the Novavax type. But instead the govt will spend its cash on war memorials or imprisoning children on remote islands. Priorities.
jamesmassola GOOD
jamesmassola They fucked this up by not purchasing enough Pfizer. They put most of their eggs in the Astra vaccine, and have no alternative now. This is what happens when you have a shitty government in charge. I trust Canadian & German authorities more than these clowns.
jamesmassola Australia seems getting more and more like a 3rd World Country!
jamesmassola Of course we will, we’ve bet the farm on the AstraZeneca.
jamesmassola Symptoms and incidence match those of Europe's AZ blood clot patients (1 in 100,000 get AZ thrombosis). Given Aus's population, that's 260 people who will get blood clots from the vaccine. 60% chance of surviving COVID vs. 0.001% chance of dying from the vaccine.
jamesmassola I want what Morrison got
jamesmassola That hospital has been in a cyber hack 2 weeks ago.
jamesmassola Let's just remember....ScottyFromMarketing...had the Pfizer.
jamesmassola We've probably got no choice. Eventually it will be phased out and replaced with Pfizer once the Eurosuaves and Amerifats are vaccinated.
jamesmassola Comparing vaccines: country of origin, safety, efficacy, and approval Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, Sinopharm, Bharat Biotech (COVAXIN), Medicago (CoVLP)