Coronavirus

AstraZeneca Jab Suspended in Ireland Due to Blood-clot Concerns

AstraZeneca Jab Suspended in Ireland Due to Blood-clot Concerns

The AstraZeneca vaccine side effects have resulted in the jab being suspended in Ireland due to concerns over blood clots. Ireland’s Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, said that the decision was made on the back of a recommendation from the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). More than 110,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine have been administered in Ireland, which is[Read More…]

Residents in New York and Washington have been offered joints in exchange for jabs

Residents Offered Marijuana Joints in Exchange for Jabs

Poorer residents in the Bronx, New York have been offered cannabis joints, in exchange for Covid-19 jabs. The group “Joints for Jabs” handed out J’s in Union Square Park to adults who had an official vaccine card as part of a nationwide vaccination drive.  While some mass vaccination clinics have begun to close, and smaller sites at some unusual locations[Read More…]

Covid Vaccines May Be Needed Regularly, Government Claims

Covid Vaccines May Be Needed Regularly, Government Claims

  Covid vaccines may be needed on a regular basis, the government has announced. In a claim hidden within Boris Johnson’s lockdown-easing roadmap, the government included a target to offer every adult in England their first COVID-19 vaccination dose by 31 July 2021.  However, the report added that “the Government is planning for a revaccination campaign, which is likely to[Read More…]

Scientists raise doubts over coronavirus vaccine

Scientists raise doubts over coronavirus vaccine

Concerns are growing over the safety and efficacy of a Covid-19 vaccine, it has been reported. According to an article published in the scientific journal Nature, researchers have warned that vaccines could “stumble on safety trials, be fast-tracked because of politics or fail to meet the public’s expectations”. Several scientists have expressed concerns about whether the vaccines will clear safety[Read More…]

Pfizer chairman ‘unsure’ whether vaccine will prevent transmission of Covid-19

Pfizer chairman ‘unsure’ whether vaccine will prevent transmission of Covid-19

Uncertainties about whether a person can still transmit Covid-19 after they have been vaccinated still persist, according to Pfizer chairman Albert Bourla. The interview was aired on Thursday, December 3rd in a Dateline programme called ‘Race for a Vaccine: Who Will Get it First?’.  Dateline host Lester Holt asked Bourla if being vaccinated for the virus meant he could still[Read More…]