New Delhi: Pharma Giant AstraZeneca has made a U-turn and has admitted that its Covishield vaccine can cause a rare effect, as per a report from The Telegraph (UK). As per the court documents the vaccine maker has said that Covishield can cause a rare condition which can lead to blood clots and low platelet count.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Oxford University and AstraZeneca created Covishield. The Serum Institute of India created it, and it was widely used throughout the nation. AstraZeneca is being sued in a class-action suit in the UK because its vaccination frequently resulted in fatalities and serious injuries. Victims are requesting damages amounting to over 100 million pounds in as many as 51 lawsuits before the UK High Court.
As per reports, the first complainant in the case Jamie Scott alleged that he had received the vaccine in April 2021, which caused him a permanent Brain Injury after a blood clot.
Jamie reportedly also claimed that it has prevented him from working and the hospital told his wife that he was going to die. But as per the report vaccine giant AstraZeneca has contested the claims but admitted in one of the court documents in February that Covishield can “in very rare cases, cause TTS (Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome) which causes blood clots and a low blood platelet count in Humans.
AstraZeneca has admitted that its vaccine in rare cases can cause TTS. It added that the causal mechanism is not known and TTS can also occur in the absence of the AZ vaccine (or any vaccine), The Telegraph report stated. Causation in any individual case will be a matter for expert evidence. AstraZeneca made its admission in a legal defence to claims made by Jamie Scott, which may lead to payouts to the victims and grieving relatives.
Additionally, the company’s 2023 position—which stated to Jamie Scott’s attorneys that “we do not accept that TTS is caused by the vaccine at a generic level”—is contradicted by the most recent revelation. AstraZeneca, however, has refuted the attorney’s assertions that the vaccine is flawed and that its effectiveness is greatly exaggerated.
