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0 pointsrhino3695y ago0 comments

Nobody has investigated 7 million doses, so its at least 7, but probably more. The UK incidence rate (for the same issue in the AZ vax) was like 10X what was initially reported.

And its probable that these incidents are concentrated in a small segment of the population (young & health maybe women). So your denominator is very inflated.

If you can save 20-40 lives by just giving young women Pfizer and using J&J on 50+ year olds (for whom the risk might be literally nothing) then its a no brainer.

Not doing so is killing 20-40 people for no reason.

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cmrdporcupine5y ago

Yes this is the rationale Canadian authorities have used in making AZ 55+ only here. Some calculation based on risk of COVID mortality in that population vs the hypothetical AZ risk. At first I was skeptical of this but the more I read about it the more it seems like a reasonable approach.

Even more so because here in Canada we do not have much AZ yet anyways (and no J&J yet), mostly Pfizer and Moderna.

sharken5y ago

It's all pretty speculative at this point, but it seems very reasonable to investigate the J&J vaccine as it causes the same problems as AZ.

When that investigation ends, then the J&J vaccine can be opened up for those willing to take the risk, which by that time is better known.

I think we still have to remember that vaccinating everybody is not needed to resume a normal life.

Personally I wouldn't want a vaccine with the problems that AZ and J&J have, but if others are willing then they should have the opportunity.

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