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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 16

      Health Nerd Retweeted Rachel Clarke

      For even more context, the population average for blood clots in the UK is roughly 700 per million people per year, or 500 per 10 million per month That means that this is about one twentieth of the total clots we'd expect to happen purely from chance alonehttps://twitter.com/doctor_oxford/status/1371774062993752066 …

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      Rachel ClarkeVerified account @doctor_oxford
      If you're anxious about having an Astra Zeneca vaccine: 🔹After 10 million doses, Astra Zeneca have reported 28 cases of blood clots. 🔹Pfizer: 11 million doses, 25 cases. 🔹Why is one suspended & not the other? 🔹Politics, not science. Both vaccines are exceptionally safe.
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    2. PriyankaPulla‏Verified account @PriyankaPulla Mar 16
      Replying to @GidMK

      PriyankaPulla Retweeted Oliver Moody

      Your thoughts on this thread? It says that the rate of cerebral vein sinus thrombosis in Germany, post vaccination, was around 8 times the background ratehttps://twitter.com/olivernmoody/status/1371525925976862722?s=20 …

      PriyankaPulla added,

      Oliver Moody @olivernmoody
      Awful lot of criticism on here of Germany's decision to suspend the use of AstraZeneca. I'm not going to add to it because I'm not an epidemiologist. But some numbers may be useful context for the government's reasoning: /1
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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 16
      Replying to @PriyankaPulla

      With numbers that tiny 8x is a bit meaningless. I also do not believe the same signal was identified in the UK despite far more vaccines being given

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    4. PriyankaPulla‏Verified account @PriyankaPulla Mar 16
      Replying to @GidMK

      Thanks...that's useful to know. Do you think it's a safety signal worth investigating though (could still be batch related, even if doesn't show up in UK?). I get that it's too weak to shut a vaccination drive over.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 16
      Replying to @PriyankaPulla

      Every safety signal should be investigated, that's definitely important and the whole reason we have monitoring systems

      4:23 AM - 16 Mar 2021
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        2. PriyankaPulla‏Verified account @PriyankaPulla Mar 16
          Replying to @GidMK

          yes, but it's been a bit confusing: if total rate of blood clot events in vaccine recipients wasn't higher than background rate across Europe, then what was the safety signal? I am guessing the high rate of CVST in Germany is one part of it.

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        3. ID DOC  💙‏ @venkat_id Mar 16
          Replying to @PriyankaPulla @GidMK

          Yes. Absolutely. Although the background rates may not be higher, the rate of CSVT following vaccination *could* be. Only time will tell.

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