(06-10-2021, 03:06 PM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:Why did they stop Astraz for u50's?They made that decision before they had all the data, based on the German 30s that suffered clots, the alleged link had been made between birth control and clots. Once Germany blinked, Europe and the UK followed, before they had the numbers. Now it looks like the data suggests that overall the vaccines reduce total clotting cases per million, however, there is no win in politics to sell that message.
In reality, it shouldn't even be males in this restriction, it should just be females on birth control and even then the link is tenuous, but I gather they fear that would appear sexist. The feminists would accuse men of hogging the vaccine!
In any case, the latest data coming through suggests they now have a good handle on diagnosis and as such treating this, it won't prevent 100% of cases just as the vaccine won't stop 100% of COVID-19, but it will further reduce the severe risks.
The risks are so so low [member=57]ElwoodBlues1[/member], if we applied the same level of fear to football, nobody would ever take enough risk to score a goal! We'd all be nil all draw soccer fans instead of AFL, maybe there is something in that when you look at the regions that first initiated the restrictions? :o
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"