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the syndrome associated with j&j/astrazenica is called vaccine associated immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT, and isn't associated with mRNA. the mRNA vaccines are associated with peripheral blood clots, meaning clots that form in one part of the body (usually the leg) that can become dislodged and travel to other organs. the j&j associated blood clots are massive and usually form in the sinuses of the brain, and there are not many platelets left in the blood that is outside of the huge clot, there is a high rate of mortality. . peripheral blood clots are deadly less often, their main danger is if they travel to the heart, lungs, or brain and get stuck, or if treatment is delayed for too long. with peripheral blood clots, the rest of the blood contains normal levels of platelets. The normal treatment for blood clots is to give heparin, a blood thinning medication. if you give heparin to a VITT patient you will likely kill them since they have very few platelets and now their blood is even thinner, so any minor injury will bleed profusely & we all break small blood vessels each day just from the act of moving around and bumping into things. VITT is relatively new and treatments are evolving because of that. peripheral blood clots are as old as obesity, the treatment is pretty well established.
I am not saying that either shot is better or worse, just that the blood clotting problems from each shot aren't the same. it is plausible that the risk of peripheral blood clots is elevated for a long time after mRNA while the risk of VITT is only there very soon after vaccination, and in that case the mortality rate might go either way. there are a whole bunch of other problems that have to be compared between each shot to see how the safety profiles stack up, too. The political pressure being exerted makes it basically impossible to know what the truth is exactly.
Do you have more info on this issue? I came across a recent (Jan.22) Lancet paper about this and am curious to hear yours (or any of the other medical Kiwis here) thoughts. (Archive) I noticed they flagged in that paper some signs that warrant further study as to whether or not the mRNA vaccines can cause this, albeit seemingly less frequently than JJ/AZ.
My uncle may have this. I mentioned him once before a while back when the subject of clot-induced strokes, especially TIA-type ones, came up, as he abruptly started having them shortly after getting CoVaxed. (Zero prior history of any kind of heart or circulatory system disorders, healthy weight and diet, nonsmoker.) A week ago things got a whole lot worse -- he had a massive heart attack somewhere in the upper chambers of his heart that nearly killed him. He's now on extreme blood thinners and the doc has told him he basically needs to LARP as a hemophiliac from now on, as he could bleed out from about anything. I don't know yet which CoVax he got but am trying to find out. Sorry for the vagueness, but the "holy fuck" text messages I got from my mom about this were a little light on the technical details, and I'm getting a vibe that politics between two very opinionated family members may be making this whole situation more sensitive.