A 32-year-old British psychologist died after developing a blood clot 10 days after taking his first dose of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, according to a report released Wednesday by a London coroner’s office. . .
An inquest requested by Charlotte Wright, widow of Dr. Wright is suing AstraZeneca.
Dr Wright, who lives in Kent, England, reportedly suffered from stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, vaccine-induced thrombosis or blood clots, and thrombocytopenia. Abnormally low.
Since 2021, researchers are citing rare cases where people have developed a blood clotting disorder known as blood clotting. TTS After getting the Johnson & Johnson or AstraZeneca Covid vaccines, these are similar. Cases usually occur within a few weeks after vaccination.
Experts still strongly recommend vaccination, saying that while vaccines come with certain rare side effects, those risks are smaller than those of the coronavirus itself.
“It’s very rare, and ultimately you have to weigh the risks and benefits of anything you do,” said Daniel Salmon, director of the Vaccine Safety Lab at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. And when you look at vaccines, they’re very safe and very effective.”
He added: Choosing not to get the vaccine increases your risk of contracting the disease and having serious consequences. ”
Researchers estimate that the coronavirus vaccine has saved millions of livesThis included an estimated 507,000 people in the UK in the first year of administration.
Dr Beverly Hunt, a thrombosis specialist in London, said that blood clots after using AstraZeneca’s vaccine are “a very rare event”, affecting 1 in 50,000 people under the age of 40. It is estimated to occur in 1 in 100,000 people over the age of 40, he said.
Dr Adam Finn, professor of pediatrics at the University of Bristol, said very rough figures suggest that AstraZeneca’s vaccine has been administered in the UK about 50 million times, with about 200 cases and 40. It said it suggested the deaths were blood related. coagulation syndrome.
The UK has restricted the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine to people under 30 in April 2021, citing the risk of rare blood clots.
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration will limit the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in May 2022 to adults who cannot or will not receive the Pfizer BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, also citing the risk of rare blood clots. increase.
AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine is not approved for use in the United States, and last year the company withdrew its application for FDA approval.
In Australia, the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care describes TTS as: rare syndrome This occurred in approximately 2-3 cases per 100,000 people who received AstraZeneca vaccines.
Symptoms such as severe persistent headaches and blurred vision usually occur 4 to 42 days after the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine.
Australia stopped using AstraZeneca’s vaccine last month, saying the new vaccine would better target the current virus strain.
In an analysis of immunization and death records published last month in the UK, researchers found that young women who received at least one dose of AstraZeneca’s vaccine were more likely to die of heart problems 12 weeks after being vaccinated. I have discovered that there is a
The researchers found no significant increased risk of death from other subgroups or from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is also widely used in the UK. And studies have not proven that the vaccine caused death.
Andrew Harris has announced the results of Dr. Wright’s inquest. London Inner South Coroners Court On Wednesday, it described Dr. Wright’s death as a “very unusual and very tragic incident.” BBC reported.
An inquest found that Dr. Wright was a “healthy and healthy male” who received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on January 16, 2021. He woke up on his January 25, 2021 with a headache and then developed numbness in his left arm. Inquisition found.
He went to the hospital emergency room after midnight and was found to have high blood pressure and sagittal sinus venous thrombosis. He was transferred to another hospital around 6:30 am, but was ineligible for surgery due to bleeding and very low platelet levels.he died at 6:33 p.m.
Wright said in an Instagram message that she had requested an inquest to change her husband’s death certificate, which said it was a “natural death” that included a stroke. She said she wanted vaccine-induced blood syndrome to be listed as his cause of death.
“Yesterday’s inquest confirmed this change after more than two years,” Wright said.
Wright also said the inquest “allows us to continue the lawsuit against AstraZeneca. Here is the written evidence.” BBC report.
“It is very important to record that it is an AstraZeneca vaccine, but that is not the same as blaming AstraZeneca,” Harris told the court, the BBC reported.
Wright, who describes herself as a “vaccine widow,” has shown she is not against vaccines in general. “I think they should be given proper informed consent,” she said.
AstraZeneca, which has named the vaccine Vaczebria, said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Steven Wright and our deepest condolences to his family. We said it was a top priority.
“A body of evidence from clinical trials and empirical data continues to show that Vaxzevria has an acceptable safety profile, and regulators around the world have indicated that vaccination benefits are very rare. We have consistently stated that the risks of potential side effects are outweighed,” the statement said.
Derrick Bryson Taylor contributed to the report.
