The AstraZeneca vaccine was recently withdrawn from sale worldwide. A number of media outlets as well as antivaxxers claimed that this was owing to side effects like blood clots. This is not true. Dr Susan Oliver and Cindy the dog go back to the science and show that the real reason was more mundane. Buy me a coffee (or Cindy a treat) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SusanAndJulie We really appreciate your support Links to sources: JCVI statement on use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: 7 April 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-jcvi-statement/jcvi-statement-on-use-of-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-7-april-2021 MHRA issues new advice, concluding a possible link between COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca and extremely rare, unlikely to occur blood clots https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mhra-issues-new-advice-concluding-a-possible-link-between-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-and-extremely-rare-unlikely-to-occur-blood-clots AstraZeneca product information https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1012659/uk-pl-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-reg-174-gbs-approved_20-08.pdf ChAdOx1 interacts with CAR and PF4 with implications for thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl8213 Adenovirus-Associated Thrombocytopenia, Thrombosis, and VITT-like Antibodies https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2307721 More on Adenovirus-Associated Thrombocytopenia, Thrombosis, and VITT-like Antibodies https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2310644 Risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolism after covid-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: self-controlled case series study https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1931.full AstraZeneca and Pfizer estimated to have averted most deaths in the first year of vaccination https://assets.ctfassets.net/poihmvxzgivq/7p2CB0tmrCSQ1p0MzFgYsw/a20abcead4cadf288015a36530ea2b33/AZ_Pfizer_Lives_Save_Global_Release.pdf Families of people who died after receiving AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine drop legal case https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2024/05/03/families-of-people-who-died-after-receiving-astrazenecas-covid-vaccine-drop-legal-case/ Vaccine Damage Payment https://www.gov.uk/vaccine-damage-payment