{"id":55961,"date":"2021-03-14T05:49:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T09:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=55961"},"modified":"2021-03-14T05:49:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T09:49:58","slug":"dont-take-the-astrazeneca-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=55961","title":{"rendered":"<b>Don&#8217;t. Take. The. AstraZeneca. Vaccine.<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"AZvaxsuspended-min\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/AZvaxsuspended-min.jpg?fit=620%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Europe Reloaded<\/p>\n<p><strong>ER Editor:<\/strong> We have been wondering about this, too. Why is the <strong>AstraZeneca<\/strong> vaccine being targeted for its bad side effects but not the <strong>Pfizer<\/strong> and <strong>Moderna<\/strong> vaccines? They are all of the mRNA gene-changing variety. Journalist <strong>Cesare Sacchetti<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CesareSacchetti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0&amp; Telegram):<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157742 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SacchettiAZvax.jpg?resize=660%2C306&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SacchettiAZvax.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SacchettiAZvax.jpg?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SacchettiAZvax.jpg?resize=326%2C151&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SacchettiAZvax.jpg?resize=80%2C37&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SacchettiAZvax.jpg?resize=112%2C52&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SacchettiAZvax.jpg?resize=181%2C84&amp;ssl=1 181w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SacchettiAZvax.jpg?resize=298%2C138&amp;ssl=1 298w\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"306\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>See this excellent piece on the stinging letter a group of top doctors and researchers sent to Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel over the safety of these vaccines. They made the letter public because they got no response:<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"mh-loop-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europereloaded.com\/urgent-open-letter-from-doctors-scientists-to-european-medicines-agency-re-covid-vaccine-safety\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Urgent Open Letter From Doctors, Scientists to European Medicines Agency Re. Covid Vaccine Safety<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157672 aligncenter jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BhakdiYeadonEMA-min.jpg?resize=620%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BhakdiYeadonEMA-min.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BhakdiYeadonEMA-min.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BhakdiYeadonEMA-min.jpg?resize=326%2C147&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BhakdiYeadonEMA-min.jpg?resize=80%2C36&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BhakdiYeadonEMA-min.jpg?resize=112%2C51&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BhakdiYeadonEMA-min.jpg?resize=186%2C84&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.europereloaded.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BhakdiYeadonEMA-min.jpg?resize=307%2C138&amp;ssl=1 307w\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"280\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>********<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"art-title\">COVID-19 vaccine rollout suspended in European countries after blood clots, deaths<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"art-subtitle\"><em>Deaths after receiving the Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine were reported in Austria, Sicily, Italy, Denmark, and the UK.<\/em><\/h4>\n<div class=\"date-share\">\n<div class=\"sharing-top-nav hide-print\">\n<nav class=\"share-story-top\">\n<h3>DOROTHY CUMMINGS McLEAN<\/h3>\n<p>Several European countries suspended use of either batches of a COVID-19 vaccine or the entire vaccine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Luxembourg have all suspended the use of a suspect batch of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine.<\/strong> The batch, which consists of 1 million doses and is called ABV5300, was originally sent to 17 European countries. It has been implicated in the death of a 49-year-old nurse in Zwettl, Austria. A 35-year-old woman in the same town survived a pulmonary embolism she suffered shortly after taking a dose from the same batch.<\/p>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article-ctr\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10\">\n<div class=\"article-text-wrapper single-article-body\">\n<p><strong>Italy<\/strong> has suspended the use of a different batch of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine, ABV 2856, after 43-year-old naval officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corriere.it\/cronache\/21_marzo_11\/militare-stefano-paterno-morto-il-vaccino-astrazeneca-10-indagati-omicidio-colposo-06b144ca-8279-11eb-8fd7-3fd81ad54bdb.shtml\">Stefano Patern\u00f2<\/a>\u00a0had a fatal heart attack 24 hours after receiving a dose of it this week in Sicily. According to the Corriere della Sera, Patern\u00f2 was in good health before his inoculation, and then afterward suffered a fever, followed by convulsions. There are also reports that a second Italian, a 50-year-old policeman named\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cataniatoday.it\/cronaca\/vaccino-astrazeneca-fdi-sospensione-morti-catania-11-marzo-2021.html\">Davide Villa<\/a>, also died after receiving the vaccine in Sicily. Villa developed deep vein thrombosis after his inoculation and succumbed 12 days later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denmark, Iceland, and Norway have suspended using any batch of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine after the death of a Danish woman with blood clots.<\/strong> The 60-year-old woman died shortly after receiving the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/f9e5b8d8-8153-474a-bd57-97f5adbeb638\"><em>Financial Times<\/em><\/a>, residents of <strong>Denmark<\/strong> who have been inoculated with the Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine in the past two weeks will be contacted by health authorities. They will be instructed in the signs of blood clots and encouraged to \u201ccontact their doctors if they suffer any new or surprising symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>According to the BBC, the medical regulator for the European Union has stated that there is no proof that the Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots and that its benefits still \u201coutweigh its risks.\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThere is currently no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions, which are not listed as side effects with this vaccine,\u201d the European Medicines Agency (EMA)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-56357760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vaccine\u2019s benefits continue to outweigh its risks and the vaccine can continue to be administered while investigation of cases of thromboembolic events is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EMA also said the number of incidents of blood clots in vaccinated people is no higher than in the general population.<\/p>\n<p>The British government\u2019s response to the total suspension of the Oxford\/AstraZenica vaccine by its northern neighbors was to <strong>tell\u00a0UK residents to continue taking it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a precautionary measure by the Danish, Norwegian and Icelandic authorities,\u201d the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/mhra-response-to-danish-authorities-action-to-temporarily-suspend-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)<\/a>\u00a0said today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has not been confirmed that the report of a blood clot was caused by the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine. People should still go and get their COVID-19 vaccine when asked to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Phil Bryan, the MHRA Safety Lead, stated that vaccine safety is of \u201cparamount importance\u201d and continually monitored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlood clots can occur naturally and are not uncommon,\u201d Bryan added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 11 million doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine have now been administered across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryan also said that the reports of blood clots that have been received thus far \u201care not greater than the number that would have occurred naturally in the vaccinated population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety of the public will always come first. We are keeping this issue under close review, but available evidence does not confirm that the vaccine is the cause,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to Britain\u2019s most recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/968414\/COVID-19_AstraZeneca_Vaccine_Analysis_Print.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cYellow Card\u201d<\/a> report on COVID-19 vaccine side effects, published March 9, there have been<strong> 134 deaths, nine \u201csudden deaths,\u201d and four miscarriages after the use of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca vaccine in Britain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>************<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/covid-19-vaccine-rollout-suspended-in-european-countries-after-blood-clots-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe Reloaded ER Editor: We have been wondering about this, too. Why is the AstraZeneca vaccine being targeted for its bad side effects but not the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines? They are all of the mRNA gene-changing variety. Journalist Cesare &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=55961\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}