Vaccine suspended despite lack of data

A growing number of European nations are suspending use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine because of reports of dangerous blood clots. That, despite the fact that international regulators haven’t produced evidence showing that vaccinations are to blame for the clots. Dr. Michael Head, of the University of Southampton in England, tells The World’s Marco Werman he finds the decision “baffling.”

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