AstraZeneca Vaccine

I was asked about the AstraZeneca vaccine and I answered in a post three weeks ago with the information available at that time. For an update:

The European Medicines Agency (European Medicines Agency) issued a statement yesterday titled:

(AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: European Medicines Agency finds a possible link with very rare cases of unusual blood clots with low platelet counts).

We will put a link for you in the comments.

In summary, according to this announcement: after an in-depth study of the cases in which this clotting occurred, the agency concluded that it may be caused by the vaccine, and its causes are unknown but may be an immune reaction, and most of the cases were in women under the age of sixty, and 18 of them led to death, knowing that this is within the numbers reported and not the result of a survey, and knowing that 25 million people were vaccinated with the vaccine.

Therefore, the agency concluded that the cases are very rare, and the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh its harms. And it advised those who take the vaccine to monitor the following symptoms if they appear, as they may be related to clots and platelet drops:

- Difficulty breathing.

- Chest pain

- Swelling in the leg

- Persistent stomach pain.

- Any symptoms related to the nerves such as severe persistent headache or blurred vision.

- Small blood spots under the skin in places other than the injection site.

And we add from their previous announcement:

- Bleeding from any part of the body (such as nosebleeds or bleeding gums while brushing teeth or blood with urine or stool).

- Swelling or coldness in the arm or leg.

This problem, if it occurs, usually happens within the first two weeks after taking the vaccine.

What about the other vaccines? Does the lack of discussion about them mean they are safer or is it a lack of documentation in the countries that adopted them? I do not know the truth.

I hope that those who ask me individually for advice regarding the vaccine in their case will follow what I have published about it so far and make their decision based on that. Many of my brothers want me (a word covered), and I do not like to think on behalf of my brothers nor to make decisions on their behalf. I thank them for their trust, but it is a responsibility I do not want to bear.

And Allah knows best.