{"id":56502,"date":"2021-03-18T07:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56502"},"modified":"2021-03-18T07:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:50:53","slug":"was-the-oxford-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-actually-designed-as-a-genocidal-bioweapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=56502","title":{"rendered":"<i><b>Was the Oxford\u2013AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine actually designed as a genocidal bioweapon?!?!<\/b><\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"PageBuilder-containerWidth100 PageBuilder-pageRow\">\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-col-full PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\">\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleHeader-2\" data-test=\"articleHeader-0\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleHeader-2-0\">\n<header id=\"main-article-header\" class=\"ArticleHeader-articleHeader\">\n<div class=\"ArticleHeader-headerContentContainer\">\n<h1 class=\"ArticleHeader-wrapperHeroNoImage ArticleHeader-wrapperHero ArticleHeader-wrapper ArticleHeader-wrapperNoImage\">\u2018The damage is done\u2019: Europe\u2019s caution over AstraZeneca vaccine could have far-reaching consequences<\/h1>\n<p>Holly Ellyatt<br \/>\nCNBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-containerFluidWidths PageBuilder-pageRow\">\n<div class=\"PageBuilder-col-9 PageBuilder-col PageBuilder-article\">\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-KeyPoints-4\" class=\"RenderKeyPoints-keyPoints\" data-test=\"keyPoints-1\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-keyPoints-4-1\">\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"RenderKeyPoints-header\">KEY POINTS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"RenderKeyPoints-list\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<ul>\n<li>The decision by many European countries to suspend use of the AstraZeneca\/University of Oxford coronavirus shot could have far-reaching consequences.<\/li>\n<li>Vaccine uptake is proving sluggish and the wider immunization program is already lagging in the region.<\/li>\n<li>Germany became\u00a0the latest country Monday to suspend use of the AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccine\u00a0over blood clot concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" class=\"ArticleBody-articleBody\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\">\n<div id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-106854412\" class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed hasBkg\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imagePlaceholder\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"button\"><picture data-test=\"Picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106854412-1615886987396-gettyimages-1231733192-AA_15032021_296166.jpeg?v=1615888520&amp;w=740&amp;h=416\" media=\"(min-width: 1340px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106854412-1615886987396-gettyimages-1231733192-AA_15032021_296166.jpeg?v=1615888520&amp;w=630&amp;h=354\" media=\"(min-width: 1020px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106854412-1615886987396-gettyimages-1231733192-AA_15032021_296166.jpeg?v=1615888520&amp;w=900&amp;h=506\" media=\"(min-width: 760px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/106854412-1615886987396-gettyimages-1231733192-AA_15032021_296166.jpeg?v=1615888520&amp;w=678&amp;h=381\" alt=\"A doctor administers the Astrazeneca vaccine at a mass coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination drive-through clinic in Milan, Italy on March 15, 2021.\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h5 class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCaption\">A doctor administers the Astrazeneca vaccine at a mass coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination drive-through clinic in Milan, Italy on March 15, 2021.\u00a0 \u00a0 Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>LONDON \u2014 The decision by many European countries to suspend the use of the University of Oxford-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AZN-GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AstraZeneca<\/a>\u00a0coronavirus shot could have far-reaching consequences, according to analysts, with vaccine uptake and the wider immunization program already lagging in the region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/16\/more-eu-countries-halt-astrazeneca-shot-as-ema-reviews-side-effects-.html\">Sweden and Latvia on Tuesday became the latest countries to suspend the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine<\/a> over blood clot concerns. The move follows Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Ireland, among other European nations, to have temporarily paused the use of the vaccine as a precaution while checks are made into whether there is a link between the shot and an increased risk of blood clots.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization, drug regulators and the vaccine maker itself have sought to downplay ongoing safety concerns, saying there is currently no evidence to suggest a link between the shot and an increased risk of developing blood clots, which are a common occurrence among the general population.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO, in particular, has urged countries not to pause using the shot in their vaccination rollouts. It said its advisory committee on vaccine safety has been reviewing the available data and is in close contact with the EU\u2019s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>More expert guidance is expected to be announced shortly following safety reviews: the WHO\u2019s safety committee will meet on Tuesday while the EMA is meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on whether EU member states\u2019 decisions to pause the use of the vaccine could lead to lower public trust in the shot, Emer Cooke, executive director of the EMA, told a press briefing on Tuesday that the agency was \u201cworried that there may be an effect on the trust of the vaccines but our job is to make sure the products we authorize are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has come under pressure with the drugmaker previously questioned over its trial methodology and data, the efficacy of the shot in the over-65s, and having had a well-publicized dispute with the EU over the delivery of supplies to the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>However, health experts and political analysts are questioning\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/16\/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-doctors-react-as-eu-countries-suspend-shot.html\">whether much of Europe\u2019s decision to pause the use of the AstraZeneca shot is misplaced<\/a>\u00a0and likely to damage vaccine confidence further, or could even cost lives\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/12\/coronavirus-anniversary-europes-slow-vaccine-rollout.html\">at a time when a third wave of infections is being seen from Paris to Prague,\u00a0<\/a>and the EU\u2019s rollout of the shots is already sluggish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>\u201cAt this stage, it is likely national regulators are acting conservatively and out of an abundance of caution, in the belief a risk-averse approach will help reassure the public and limit the impact on uptake going forward. But the prospect of a longer review or an outright ban cannot be ruled out,\u201d Federico Santi, senior Europe analyst at Eurasia Group, said in a note Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither way, the damage is done. Willingness to take the AstraZeneca vaccine had already been lower than the mRNA vaccines available in the EU due to lower headline efficacy numbers and the initial confusion over its suitability for over 65s,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Some wonder whether there is a political element behind the decision to pause the vaccine, given earlier disputes over it.<\/p>\n<p>Several European countries initially decided to not recommend the vaccine to over-65s, saying there was insufficient evidence to show it was effective, before reversing that decision as more data became available showing it was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/02\/03\/delaying-second-astrazeneca-vaccine-dose-does-work-study-shows.html\">highly effective at reducing the number of severe Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Such decisions, not helped by disparaging comments by some European leaders (French President Emmanuel Macron once said the vaccine appeared to be \u201cquasi-ineffective\u201d for the over-65s) have been seen as only stoking hesitancy among some Europeans toward the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The EU\u2019s vaccination rollout is already much slower than the U.K. and U.S. and the bloc\u2019s leadership has come under fire for its immunization strategy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>\u201cWe know where this is going to lead, it\u2019s going to lead to a loss of confidence in the vaccine,\u201d Natasha Loder, health policy editor at the Economist, told the BBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d program on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the suspension had a political dimension, Loder said, \u201cThere could be in as far as there\u2019s bad feeling about this vaccine.\u201d Nonetheless, the decision, she said, had \u201cno rational basis\u201d and could be dangerous. \u201cThis precautionary principle is a nonsense when you\u2019re in the middle of a pandemic,\u201d Loder said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a safe vaccine and when they realize that this is a safe vaccine in Europe they are going to have to deal with the consequences of all this media coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not all EU countries are following the same route, however, with Belgium, Poland and the Czech Republic all saying they will continue to use the shot, saying that the benefits outweigh the risks.<\/p>\n<p>AstraZeneca has staunchly defended its vaccine, saying in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/politico.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e26c1a1c392386a968d02fdbc&amp;amp;id=995cd65fd9&amp;amp;e=8c7967e81e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>\u00a0Sunday that the number of blood clots recorded post-vaccination were lower than could be expected to occur naturally.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/16\/europes-suspension-of-astrazenecas-covid-vaccine-is-damaging.html\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/16\/europes-suspension-of-astrazenecas-covid-vaccine-is-damaging.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The damage is done\u2019: Europe\u2019s caution over AstraZeneca vaccine could have far-reaching consequences Holly Ellyatt CNBC<\/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-56502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56502","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=56502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}