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2024-05-10 12:49:06 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D74499F692B493665F74C932988C179D3F42EA81BA8B71FC1431BCC7CA1A9310
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AZ withdrew its vaccine for commercial reasons - it was old and outdated. This decision had nothing to do with very rare TTS side effect, which was discovered and publicly revealed in March-April 2021 https://www.techarp.com/science/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-withdraw/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/astrazeneca-withdraw-covid-vaccine-worldwide-telegraph-reports-2024-05-07/ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/08/business/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-withdrawal/index.html https://www.techarp.com/science/astrazeneca-vaccine-tts-facts/ https://www.health.gov.au/news/joint-statement-from-atagi-and-thanz-on-thrombosis-with-thrombocytopenia-syndrome-tts-and-the-use-of-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca https://www.science.org.au/curious/people-medicine/astrazeneca-vaccine-risk-death-1-million-what-does-mean Numerous studies quantify the rarity of TTS: https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1931 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/blood-clots-linked-to-astrazeneca-shot-have-22percent-mortality-rate-study.html https://www.tga.gov.au/news/covid-19-vaccine-safety-reports/covid-19-vaccine-weekly-safety-report-27-01-2022 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3886421 https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/two-health-data-research-uk-studies-find-only-small-elevated-risk-of-blood-clots-following-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccination/
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