[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19 vaccine situation

[Andy Burns]

Phillip Helbig wrote:

> is anyone not being vaccinated who otherwise would be? 

Don't know, have european countries got sufficient Pfizer or other 
vaccines, such that halting AZ has no effect on speed of rollout?

> But even if
> that were the case, the PR problems from playing this down would be far
> worse than overreacting.
> 
>> Things I've read (and probably don't understand very well) say that
>> taking oral contraceptives increases the risk of cerebral venous sinus
>> thrombosis by 7.5x, but you'd think they would be looking for levels
>> above the background rate, not for levels above zero?
> 
> Definitely the former.  What makes you think the latter?  That might
> explain why almost all cases have been in women, though.
>