#VITT

I think @ASPphysician and I experienced a mind-meld today. He is absolutely right that risk of VITT is higher than the upper bound in previous NACI risk analyses. I also

Menaka Pai, MSc MD FRCPC

Okay one more thread before bed! Lots of Qs asking "what IS VITT?" Before I get to that, if you'd like an AWESOME metaphor about vaccine choice, please read my

Do you find yourself learning a lot about anti-PF4 ELISA tests recently? @connors_md doing a great job breaking it down so we all can understand how this applies to VITT!

Dr Kate J Miller (she/her)

On Tues, I had the same reaction to NACI's latest AZ advice as the rest of you but after reflection and reaction I have to say-NACI is right. We must

Menaka Pai, MSc MD FRCPC

LONG week on call @HamHealthSci. Lots of calls about #VITT post AZ vaccine. I'm transparent w my patients - I believe empowerment leads to earlier detection, better outcomes, less stress.

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

Dr. Kelly Grindrod 🇨🇦 PharmD

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

Hamilton public health officials confirm to @CBCNews that Ontario's 2nd case of a patient with rare #VITT blood clots after the AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccine has been identified in a patient

Plain English thread on how VITT might work, according to the latest Greinacher findings https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-440461/v1. One of your immune system's jobs is to deal with infections like colds and flus.

Reluctantly, I feel I need to clarify some issues around why AZ doesn't make sense for most of Canada right now.When NACI evaluated—using the hard endpoint of deaths—the risk-benefit of

Dr Ahmed Kalebi

I’ve been asked to simplify and explain about this newly identified “vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia” #VITT that is behind the cases of blood clots due to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Please

Rajeev Jayadevan

RajeevJayadevan

AstraZeneca Vaccine and clots: this important paper from Germany proves that VITT is not the result of cross-reactivity between anti-spike antibodies and platelet factor 4 (PF4). See thread and links

🔬Samantha Yammine, PhD (aka Science Sam)

I know there are a lot of people who recently got the AstraZeneca vaccine who feel ... snubbed ... after last week's communications.This thread is for you. I hope it

I was so worried about #antivaxxers as soon as the vaccines appeared. They're going to do so much damage, I thought, leaping on every little side effect. 1/9 Sure, they're

Now that NACI's guidance is out I am going to say that unless you are at elevated risk of SARS-2 right now due to life circumstances, I will reiterate that

Darren Markland

Everyone keeps telling you that the side effects from AstraZeneca and Jansen vaccines are rare and you should get the vaccine. I totally 100% agree with this, but trust is