US FDA and CDC see early signal of possible link between Pfizer’s bivalent COVID vaccine and stroke
While many voices are being raised to denounce the authorities’ lack of transparency about the side effects of the COVID vaccine, the US FDA and the CDC acknowledge, half-heartedly, the link between Pfizer’s bivalent COVID vaccine and strokes in people over 65.
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a safety monitoring system flagged that the updated COVID-19 vaccine made by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech could be linked to a type of brain stroke in older adults.
[…] a possible safety issue where people aged 65 and older were more likely to have an ischemic stroke 21 days after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech bivalent shot[...]”
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Although the totality of the data currently suggests that it is very unlikely that the signal in VSD (Vaccine Safety Datalink) represents a true clinical risk, we believe it is important to share this information with the public", the health authorities said.
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U.S. FDA, CDC see early signal of possible Pfizer bivalent COVID shot link to stroke | Reuters
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