READ MORE: Why do Covid jab victims only have 3-years to seek compensation?AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, developed by scientists from the prestigious Oxford University, was meant to be a post-Brexit success story.
But in just a few short years, the vaccine has become a pariah, dragged through the courts by the families of those it has allegedly killed and maimed through a rare side effect missed in the original clinical trials. In fact, Professor Paul Hunter, a world-renowned expert in infectious diseases from the University of East Anglia, said the AstraZeneca jab had made a 'really valuable contribution to reducing the mortality and disease from Covid'.
Two Covid jabs had been granted for emergency use in the UK, the US-based Pfizer's vaccine using new mRNA based technology, and Britain's own AstraZeneca jab made using more traditional methods. Mr Hancock hailed the jab as a 'moment to celebrate British innovation' and 'light at the end of the tunnel just got brighter'.
The development of both jabs was remarkable. Normally it takes years to develop a new vaccine, let alone be ready to roll it out on scale, yet this was accomplished in less than 12 months. In practical terms, this meant if any unexpected and damaging side effects did occur it would be Government, and by extension the taxpayer, who would pick up the bill.
Now Britain faces a potential bill of hundreds of millions as those damaged by the jab seek compensation for injuries or deaths suffered by themselves or their loved ones. The complication is exceedingly rare, given the millions of doses dished out during the roll-out. The risk is thought to be in the region of one in 50,000, though some estimates put it even lower.
Experts based this on younger groups being at less risk of Covid, meaning the benefits of being jabbed weren't worth the risk. He added the jabs relegation was less to do with safety concerns and more due to mRNA jabs being, essentially, a superior option. 'They have higher effectiveness, and the mRNA platforms are more easily adapted towards the latest Covid variants.'
'The pressures of the pandemic required a different approach, overlapping the traditional phases of vaccine development and manufacture without compromising safety and efficacy testing,' he said.Researchers believe the rare side effect occurs due to the modified cold virus lurking in the jab having an adverse effect on platelets in the blood, triggering clotting
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