#auspol #covid19 "In many places, the decision is not whether to vaccinate, but whether to use AstraZeneca…

#auspol #covid19 "In many places, the decision is not whether to vaccinate, but whether to use AstraZeneca now or wait for another vaccine to become available...Even a long wait for an alternative may be worth it if infections are low. 1/n https://t.co/DcGqI1MALD

In Norway, the risk of dying from TTS for women age 45 to 49 is equivalent to the risk of dying from COVID-19 over the next 79 weeks, assuming the infection rate stays the same, Camilla Stoltenberg, director general of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health...2/n

...told the 29 April webinar. “That group will have alternative vaccines, maybe with a small delay but nothing close to 79 weeks,” she said."