#AstraZeneca

Dr. Kelly Grindrod 🇨🇦 PharmD

kgrindrod

VITT is a rare but very serious vaccine reaction that will likely change how we use AstraZeneca in the coming weeks. But people who got AZ when the COVID risk

Andrew Morris

ASPphysician

Why am I now opposed to any further AstraZeneca vaccine being used in Canada? I want to walk you through the math we have available.First, I am using some risk-benefit

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Almost every day, I am asked about the Russian vaccine.Lots of questions of whether we should "take it" or not.My answer has been -- no idea -- haven't seen the

Jewhadi™

JewhadiTM

I had a splenectomy when I was 18. I had an autoimmune disorder (ITP for short), that caused my platelets to attack each other. My blood stopped clotting. Having my

Aaron Derfel

Aaron_Derfel

1) Acknowledging the logistical challenge ahead, Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday tapped the former head of the Canadian Armed Forces, retired Gen. Rick Hillier, to oversee the rollout of

Radio Free Amanda 余美娜

catcontentonly

No clearer indication of the dictatorship of capital than a few pharma co's controlling the global production/distrib of a life-saving , creating an artificial scarcity situation where US has acquired

Maximilien Delvallée

MaxDelvallee

Pssst, confrères journalistes, vous voulez un scoop ? Si on commence à entendre partout qu’il ne faut pas tout miser sur les vaccins, ce n’est pas parce qu’on a découvert

Brett Favaro

LetsFishSmarter

Some thoughts on the AstraZeneca vaccine, risk communication, and buyers remorse: There are some threads on the go saying some pretty scary things about AZ. Credible people saying it shouldn’t

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 2181/ Excellent @washingtonpost piece today on Operation Warp Speed, & its (likely) success in moving us from discovery of a new virus to having one or

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

2.5 billion people in the Earth's 125 poorest countries have received zero vaccine doses. The 85 poorest countries are projecting full vaccination in 2023 or 2024. This isn't just a

Isaac Bogoch

BogochIsaac

1/ A few points to clarify a few points...These vaccines are really really good, but not perfect.One dose of a vaccine provides excellent protection against #COVID19 infection, but of course

Kathryn Brightbill ✒️

KEBrightbill

Just as an FYI, Moderna isn't enforcing their covid vaccine patents during the pandemic. I've always been big on waiving patent protection for lifesaving purposes, but the problem with covid

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

1 million #COVID19 **deaths** projected in India by August 2021. The model even assumes vaccines to will bring it under control by May 17th (peak deaths). God help us.

Sabina Vohra-Miller

SabiVM

I did a few interviews on what is happening in India right now. I cried during each & every one of them. This is one of them. Vaccine distribution

BK Titanji #ILookLikeAScientist

Boghuma

Another line of news to watch closely!#EMA investigating possible link between J&J #COVID19 vaccine & blood clots . Based on 4 cases reported so far. J&J vaccine uses an Ad26

David Juurlink

DavidJuurlink

Yes, the AstraZeneca vaccine-thrombosis association is causal.The temporal relationship is strong, it’s not seen with mRNA vaccines, and there’s a plausible mechanism analogous to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)https://www.nejm.o