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2024-05-01 19:19:04 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 71F4C637794229155C9F0125F787FD19903D366A1933948FE4D5CF78286A76BF
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Misleading. AstraZeneca did not admit for the first time their COVID vaccine causes thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) AstraZeneca highlighted blood clots as a rare COVID vaccine side effect in 2021: https://astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2021/vaxzevria-and-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-showed-similar-and-favourable-safety-profiles-in-a-population-based-cohort-study-of-over-a-million-people.html# This was widely covered at the time: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10478733 https://ema.europa.eu/en/news/astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-ema-finds-possible-link-very-rare-cases-unusual-blood-clots-low-blood-platelets https://cnbc.com/2021/08/12/blood-clots-linked-to-astrazeneca-shot-have-22percent-mortality-rate-study.html
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