Sir lastnail wrote on Apr 7
th, 2023 at 9:52am:
So how come AZ was banned in Australia ?? Is that what you wanted people to blindly inject into themselves geoff ??
lol... I was wondering how long it would take our resident antivaxxers to jump onto that (and I'm not surprised Sir Nail is the first one).
Bombshell as the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is no longer available to Australians Quote:The AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, linked to a very rare but serious side-effect, has been quietly discontinued from use in Australia.
The federal health department confirmed that from March 20 the vaccine, sold under the brand-name Vaxzevria, would no longer be available to Australians.
Deakin University Chair in Epidemiology, Professor Catherine Bennett told Daily Mail Australia its removal was expected as it had been superseded by other vaccines.
'It was really only left available for this long for people who had earlier doses of AstraZeneca and wanted to complete their course with it,' Prof Bennett said.
The AstraZeneca vaccine was approved for use in people aged 18 and over as a primary course from February 15, 2021 and as a booster dose February 8, 2022.
But from October, 2021, it was available by request only in favour of the newer Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines.
Quote:The Department of Health and Aged Care confirmed the phasing out of the vaccine was due to the availability of newer options.
'This was not a decision based on safety as some people have misrepresented on social media,' a spokesperson said.
'As expected, first generation vaccines have been superseded by newer vaccines targeting the strains of the virus now circulating.
'The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine remains provisionally approved by the TGA, however, the Sponsor made a commercial decision with respect to supply of AstraZeneca vaccine in Australia.'
And...
"Dr." John Campbell again.