A 33-year-old German woman who had thrombosis after COVID-19 vaccine condemned AstraZeneca for the damage caused. The court accepted the claim and ordered the pharmaceutical company to disclose all information it had about this and others. vaccine side effects. It’s right. Does this mean that anti-vaxxers were right when they said we would all die? Let’s not be so fast.
It is true that of all the Covid-19 vaccines on the market, the AstraZeneca vaccine was the most effective. controversial. So much so that it has ceased to be used in many countries. The incidence of blood clots after the vaccine was higher than with other options. Therefore, as soon as ModeRNA and Pfizer were widely available, they replaced the former. Now, the fact that the court accepted the filing of a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company does not mean that something was hidden from us or that the vaccine was fake. experimental drug.
AstraZeneca has fulfilled its obligations correctly clinical trials, as do the rest of the participating pharmaceutical companies. Everything went much faster, but not because the scientific part of these tests was reduced. Bureaucratic procedures have been reduced to ensure the vaccine is available as quickly as possible. Our lives depended on it. Clinical trials of any drug initially include three phases in which its safety and effectiveness are analyzed. The minimum effective dose is also calculated.
Then, once it goes on sale, Phase IV clinical trials. It analyzes the effects of the drug after it is distributed to the population. This has been done with the COVID-19 vaccines and with all the medications in our medicine cabinets. We are not talking about experiments with the population, but about testing how the drug behaves in a larger sample.
The first cases of thrombosis after vaccination against COVID-19
Soon after the start of vaccination, in December 2020, the first cases of thrombosis began to be identified. AstraZeneca took action on this matter and analyzed the cases and concluded that some of them may have been related to vaccination, although it could not be proven that this was not a coincidence.
Meanwhile, health authorities around the world conducted their own investigations. IN AustraliaThus, it was concluded that thrombosis with thrombocytopenia, the most common in these cases, occurred in approximately 2-3 people per 100,000 who received the vaccine. This was the minimum figure, so the benefit outweighed the risk. Despite this, when the opportunity arose to switch to other, safer options, vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine, then called Vaxevria.
Meanwhile, European Medicines Agency calculated a similar frequency. In addition, he noted that most cases of thrombosis after the COVID-19 vaccine occurred in women under 60 years oldV two weeks after vaccination. The latter is important information. Many anti-vaxxers are determined to link the death of any young person to the vaccine, no matter how many years ago they received it. However, the agency concluded that if they occurred two weeks later, it may have been a coincidence.
The possibility of chance is not so far-fetched
Speaking of coincidence, a study was published in 2021 in which a group of Danish scientists analyzed the possibility that the cases of thrombosis after the COVID-19 vaccine were those that were expected without any vaccination.
They studied the medical records of about 5 million people aged from from 18 to 99 years oldand 4 million is They did not exceed 64. This second group was analyzed because it was the group that typically received the AstraZeneca vaccine.
During the investigation, they found that between 2010 and 2018 incidence of venous thromboembolism 1.76 cases per year per 1000 inhabitants from 18 to 99 years and only 0.95 from 18 to 64 years. These data were not lower than those observed after the start of vaccination. Thus, while vaccine responsibility cannot be ruled out in some of these cases, accidental chance cannot be ruled out. After all, in 2018, Covid-19 didn’t even exist, let alone have a vaccine.
What about other drugs?
There are widely used drugs whose association with thrombosis is well known. For example, it is estimated that 1 in 1000 people taking birth control may have Venous thromboembolism. This would be 100 people per 100,000. In Germany, where the complaint was filed against AstraZeneca, there are studies that indicate some 80 cases of thrombosis per 100,000 population. who are taking contraceptives.
As a reminder, the incidence of thrombosis following COVID-19 vaccination is typically between 2 and 3 per 100,000 people.
Thrombosis after vaccination against COVID-19 is no worse than after infection
Even if it is true that thrombosis may occur due to the COVID-19 vaccine, we must not forget that thromboembolism is precisely one of the complications infection with the virus that causes the disease.
In fact, a study was published in 2023 showing that venous thrombosis can occur in 14.7% of cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection and arterial by 3.9%. True, we are talking about seriously ill people. But vaccines definitely prevent serious infections. Thus, the benefit-risk ratio, as we have seen many times, is undeniable.
In short, the fact that the court is asking AstraZeneca to provide information about thrombosis due to the COVID-19 vaccine does not mean that they have pleaded guilty. The plaintiff demanded compensation 250,000 euros and up to €600,000 for future damages as he has not yet recovered from the effects of a coma caused by a thrombosis. This woman’s case is very sad and I hope she makes a full recovery. But also sad are the millions of deaths from COVID-19 that could have been avoided around the world if we had had a vaccine to begin with. Thrombosis that occurs after infection is very sad. Unfortunately, you cannot sue a virus. If this were possible, SARS-CoV-2 would be in the dock many times over.
Source: Hiper Textual
