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Originally Posted by JA
That seems like a reasonable thing to do, even though it puts a huge strain on vaccine supply. Even without any vaccine related effects, the incidence of blood clots / thrombosis and strokes etc.. increase significantly with age, so it seems like a reasonable thing to do, to not add to the risk further with any AZ vaccine related blood clots. Further to that and irrespective of age group, the AZ vax is currently not recommended in patients who have had certain types of strokes CVST, etc. (In such cases an exemption can be had to get the Pfizer vax even if over 50 years of age).
Like anything the Pfizer vax is also not perfect with some potentially serious although rare effects recently coming to light, such as heart inflammation.
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JA
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I believe the Pfizer heart inflammation concern relates to younger people, like around 16 yo.