Vaccine acts like a magnet and attracts platelets which body mistakes for a threat and attacks
By JOHN ELY SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE
Scientists believe they have solved the mystery behind the extremely rare blood clots caused by the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. A team of international experts, involving researchers from AstraZeneca, say that in a very small number of cases — about one in 100,000 in the UK — the vaccine can set off a chain reaction which leads to the body confusing its own blood platelets for fragments of virus. The British-made vaccine is thought to have saved about a million lives from Covid and was the backbone of the UK's initial rollout earlier in the year, helping it to become the most vaccinated country in the West.
But
concerns about clots saw its restriction in under-40s in the UK in
spring and led Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines being favoured for young
adults and as boosters. It was outright banned in many European
countries and the US decided not to purchase a single dose. The
UK Government gave an emergency grant to a team of scientists led by
Cardiff University to investigate the clotting phenomenon.........To Read More....
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