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[Temporary suspension of AstraZeneca's vaccine; a reconstruction]
D P M S M Maas1,2, C Kramers3, H J C A Smit4
1Radboudumc, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Nijmegen.
Abstract:
In the middle of the worldwide COVID-19 crisis, the whole of Europe was alarmed about a possible side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19. Consequently, the use of this AstraZeneca vaccine was temporarily suspended in many European nations including the Netherlands. In this article, we chronologically describe the decisions that were made about the use of this vaccine in the Netherlands and we discuss the risk-benefit ratios of these actions as well as possible non-medical reasons that may explain why these actions were taken.
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