Let’s talk about the Astra-Zeneca blood clots calmly, without the politics and the media hype. Blood clots occur in every slice of human population. Therefore, it stands to reason clots will occur among people taking the vaccine too. The only question to ask, is did people taking Astra-Zeneca have more blood clots than on average? We decided to find out.
The Average Rate of Natural Blood Clots in a Population
Patient-Info (see link below) publishes evidence-based clinical information. They provide the following statistics, unrelated to vaccination:
1… Every year, about 1 in 1,000 people develop a deep vein thrombosis clot in their leg.
2… If this thrombosis clot is not treated, then 1 in 10 patients develop a clot on their lung.
4… 1 in 10,000 to 15,000 people will get a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage bleed into the brain every year.
The Astra-Zeneca Blood Clot Rate of Vaccinated People
Platelets are a technical term for blood cells that gather to form clotting. If we have a shortage of these, we may have serious bleeding according to Medicine Plus (see link below). However, if we have an oversupply, then we are more likely to develop blood clots.
Patient-Info says health workers administered 17 million doses of Astra-Zeneca vaccine in Europe and UK. It reports as follows:
1… There was one serious clot for every 500,000 people given the Astra-Zeneca vaccine.
2… There was one low platelet report for every 300,000 people who received the vaccine.
The Astra-Zeneca blood clot rate was therefore normal by general population standards. The vaccine may have caused the medical incidents that did occur, but we can’t say for sure. However, the vaccinated population appears to have coped well with the challenge. That’s especially because blood clots are more likely in older people who enjoyed priority.
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