What do you need to weigh up when working out whether to get the AstraZeneca vaccine? Here’s what the evidence says.
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If you have risk factors around blood clots, heart attack or stroke, this should actually be an impetus to get vaccinated sooner rather than later.
One study found antibody levels were significantly higher in people who received one dose of AstraZeneca then a Pfizer booster dose.
If one adenoviral vaccine is linked with blood clots, it doesn’t mean all vaccines in this family will have that same effect. But it’s definitely worth health authorities assessing the data.
Scientists have called it “vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia”, or VIPIT. The condition is characterised by a shortage of platelets in the blood.
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