T i m wrote:
On Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:11:03 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

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So do we think there is a link between the OAZ jab and blood clots
(and not with PB) or is it that there may have been more doses of the
OAZ jab administered for some (potentially unlinked) 'link' being
formed?
I saw something of white blood cells / platelets mentioned on the news
earlier (like there was a link)?
Even if there is proved to be a link, it is still a tiny number compared
to the likelihood of being very ill with Covid.

Oh sure, I was just wondering if anyone yet thought that there
actually was a link, or that it couldn't still be just coincidence
etc?

In the United States, there's already been one "coincidence"
that was ruled out. One of the other vaccines recorded some
cases, but their frequency is the same as the general population.

https://science.sciencemag.org/conte...6536/1294.full

"A somewhat similar blood disorder, called immune thrombocytopenia (ITP),
has been seen in at least 40 people in the United States who received
the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines against COVID-19, but the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that syndrome did not
appear to be more common in vaccinated people."

In other words, ITP condition is in the general population, and
would have occurrences whether vaccinated or not vaccinated.
The vaccine did not increase the frequency.

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This is a backgrounder for VIPIT.

vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT)

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/corona...know-1.5370015

If VIPIT was a coincidence, they would have stated as much by now.
(That's if they'd seen a case in the general population,
in someone who had not had the AstraZenica jab.)

The incidence of people dying from it, may be reduced, as
treatment methods become more well-known by doctors.

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They already have labs set up for sticky platelet conditions.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...cine-1.5971270

"The lab runs specialized tests for different types of
platelet disorders, including screening for
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)."

Paul