{"id":109753,"date":"2021-03-17T08:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=109753"},"modified":"2021-03-17T08:20:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:20:34","slug":"astrazeneca-vaccine-eu-throwing-caution-to-the-wind-expert-tells-bbc-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/astrazeneca-vaccine-eu-throwing-caution-to-the-wind-expert-tells-bbc-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"AstraZeneca vaccine: EU throwing &#8216;caution to the wind&#8217; expert tells BBC Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>AstraZeneca: EU &#039;throwing caution to the wind&#039; says expert<\/h3>\n<p>When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they&#8217;ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time.<\/p>\n<p>AstraZeneca has been forced to defend its coronavirus drug&#8217;s safety after 11 EU countries announced this week that they were halting the use of the vaccine. Seventeen millions doses of the Anglo-Swedish jab have been given out in the UK and EU, with 37 cases of blood clotting have been reported among those vaccinated. Dr Cox was interviewed on BBC Breakfast on Wednesday morning to discuss the AstraZeneca ban and warned Brussels&#8217; move could have dire consequences.<\/p>\n<p>He told the programme: &#8220;The damage to the confidence in the vaccine just seems a dreadful price to pay in order to signal some sort of yes we are looking at safety and we are airing on the side of caution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t airing on the side of caution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s throwing caution to the wind.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The reports of clots have spooked EU countries into the move despite the bloc&#8217;s own medicines agency, EMA, has insisted the rate of blood clotting is below what would normally be expected among the general population.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUST IN:&nbsp;<span><span>Andrew Neil lashes out at EU over vaccine row &#8211; &#8216;When madness strikes&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/Dr-Anthony-Cox-says-that-the-EU-are-throwing-caution-to-the-wind-1410939.jpg?r=1615968718238\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/AstraZeneca-EU-countries-suspend-drug-rollout-amid-safety-concerns-2955817.jpg?r=1615968718283\"><\/p>\n<p>The EMA has repeatedly stated that the benefits of the vaccine &ldquo;outweigh the risk of side-effects&rdquo; while the organisation&#8217;s chief Emer Cooke has warned member states against making persistent attacks on the AstraZeneca jab.<\/p>\n<p>She told a news conference on Tuesday: &ldquo;At present there is no indication vaccination has caused these conditions. We&rsquo;re still firmly convinced the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risk of side-effects.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are worried that there may be an effect on the trust of the vaccines, but our job is to make sure the products that we authorised are safe and can be trusted by the European citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen EU countries, including France, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Slovenia, Spain, Denmark, Romania, Latvia, Austria, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Bulgaria, have all suspended use of the Oxford jab over fears it causes blood clots.<\/p>\n<h3>AstraZeneca vaccine &#039;still very safe&#039; for Germany says expert<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/germany-news-france-merkel-macron-latest-2955859.jpg?r=1615968718373\"><\/p>\n<p>The decision has been slammed as a &ldquo;political one&rdquo; as experts warned the move puts lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician from the University of Cambridge, said: &#8220;These pauses, I don&#8217;t think you can consider these as being cautious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They actually could be doing more harm than good. If it means there is a delay in rolling out the vaccine to people who would otherwise have a vaccine, then that will cause harm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve looked at AstraZeneca reports and they&#8217;ve said that 17 million jabs across the EU and the UK had been administered, and they&#8217;ve had about 15 cases of deep vein thrombosis and 22 cases of pulmonary embolism reported.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON&#8217;T MISS<\/strong><br \/><strong>Three of the top four European countries for Covid vaccines not in EU&nbsp;[MAP]<\/strong><br \/><strong>Britons furious as 17 European states suspend use of UK jab&nbsp;[INSIGHT]<\/strong><br \/><strong>Dutch election to decide EU future as Rutte eyes Merkel&#8217;s hot seat&nbsp;[ANALYSIS]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/Covid-Vaccinations-Live-2955832.jpg?r=1615968718482\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, the Italian MEP Paolo Borchia said: &ldquo;The EU&rsquo;s handling of the COVID-19 crisis involving the centralisation of the vaccine negotiations and drawing up the final contracts has been very damaging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The cherry on top is the unmitigated disaster that the attempted EU hampering of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that they&rsquo;re exaggerating the AstraZeneca story &#8211; the biggest issue is that the EU is behind the UK and US in the vaccination campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most of the rest is huffing and puffing as people want results and freedom, not podium statements in Brussels.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1410939\/AstraZeneca-vaccine-EU-caution-blood-clot-warning-virus-expert-BBC-Breakfast-latest-vn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AstraZeneca: EU &#039;throwing caution to the wind&#039; says expert When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they&#8217;ll [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":109752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AstraZeneca vaccine: EU throwing &#039;caution to the wind&#039; 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