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Old 04-14-2021, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Robbie0723 View Post
On Twitter, Dr. Stephanie Graff, director of Clinical Research at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute at HCA Midwest Health, shared an infographic placing the risk of blood clots from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in context with other common causes of blood clots. The risk of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine is lower than that from birth control pills and smoking, and COVID itself leads to high prevalence of blood clotting.
Interesting, but irrelevant. AstraZeneca's vaccine has not yet been rolled out in the U.S. as the FDA has only authorized the use of vaccines developed by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.