Second dose of AZ vaccine no longer recommended in Canada

British Columbians who chose to get a first dose of AstraZeneca should not get it for their second dose and instead get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, a key federal advisory committee said Thursday.

The provincial health officer said latest studies show mixing AstraZeneca with an mRNA vaccine could increase immunity to COVID-19. However, a key reason the NACI is moving away from AstraZeneca is because of the risk of blood clotting that is associated with the vaccine and affects one in every 600,000 people who receive that vaccine. AstraZeneca is the vaccine workhorse in the U.K. and Australia, but has been associated with more deaths per capita than the mRNA vaccines.

After AstraZeneca-related blood clotting appeared around the world in young people, Henry suspended use of that vaccine for people aged under 30. Around 280,000 British Columbians received a first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine. National figures as of June 5 show that 2.1 million people in Canada had received a first dose of AstraZeneca, but fewer than 16,000 had received it as a second dose.

healthing_ca Choose your adverse side effects at the vaccine buffet.

healthing_ca Turkeys looking forward to Christmas. 😊

healthing_ca What happened to Prime Minister Blackface's idea of take whatever you can get?

healthing_ca All vaccines have been proven to be dangerous! IVERMECTIN IS THE TREATMENT AND CURE

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healthing_ca And after everyone has had their second shot we will be advised that getting the vaccine is not advised because there was not enough testing.

healthing_ca The drama continues

healthing_ca Enough already. This is a literal daily flip flop.

healthing_ca Ya and now they are saying please mix pfizer with moderna, we will figure it all out later. No thanks

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healthing_ca Canada's experts have no credibility - mixing vaccine doses should be a last resort, not something done willy nilly.

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