AstraZeneca he recognized in court in the UK than his Vaccine against the Covid may cause thrombosis deadly as a side effect. The company rejects the accusations, however, underlining that the safety of the vaccine is “acceptable”, while confirming the correlation with events of this type. Now, any compensation could be significant: the direct admission by the company occurs for the first time, and has a fundamental value from the perspective of families who claim to have been damaged or fatally affected by the vaccine.
Astrazeneca’s Covid vaccine can cause thrombosis: admission in court
The British company AstraZeneca may be the subject of requests compensation millionaires after admitting in a court in the UK that its version of the vaccine can cause death in some cases thrombosis.
Specifically, the Cambridge company confirmed, while contesting the accusations, that the drug “can, in very rare cases, cause TTS”, which is short for thrombosis with syndrome thrombocytopenica condition in which blood clots occur along with a low platelet count.
Astrazeneca’s Covid vaccine is estimated to have saved 6 million lives: the company admitted it can cause thrombosis in rare cases
This complication was previously known as vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT). The admission was formalized in a legal document submitted to the High Court last February.
The side effects of the Astrazeneca vaccine and possible compensation
Although the potential side effect has been known for two years, this is the first time the company has admitted in court that its vaccine can cause the condition, reports TheTelegraph.
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Whatever the size of any compensation, their burden will ultimately fall on taxpayers, due to a agreement Of compensation which AstraZeneca signed with the government during the most critical periods of the pandemic, to speed up the production of vaccines while the country was in lockdown.
Astrazeneca’s statement on the risks of the anti-Covid vaccine
“Our solidarity goes to anyone who has lost loved ones or reported health problems. Patient safety is our top priority and regulatory authorities have clear and rigorous standards to ensure the safe use of all medicines, including vaccines,” reads the official statement from Astrazeneca.
“From the body of evidence gathered in clinical trials and real-world data, the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine has been continually demonstrated to have an acceptable safety profile and regulators around the world consistently state that the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks of potentially extremely rare side effects.”
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Suspected cases and the decline of Astrazeneca’s Covid vaccine
The cases of thrombosis linked to the vaccine AstraZeneca were first identified in Europe in March 2021, just two months after its release in the UK.
Only in April of that year did the evidence become clear enough to limit its use, initially to people over 30 and later over 40. Use of the AstraZeneca vaccine was then gradually reduced in favor of mRNA alternatives such as Pfizer And Modern.
Despite the controversy, the AstraZeneca vaccine has been credited with saving around 6 million lives during the Covid pandemic.
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