Higher risk of blood clots from COVID-19 than AstraZeneca vaccine– Dr Pickering
Dr Pickering was at the time speaking during the Saturday, April 17, 2021, episode of ‘ZOEJ’ Speaks with host Zoe J. Walcott, where he reiterated that with vaccination, the benefits outweigh the risk.
Many persons in the Virgin Islands have been reluctant to get vaccinated and their hesitation has been compounded by reports of rare blood clots developing in a very small number of persons. A little over 9000 persons of a population of around 30,000 have received at least a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine and there reportedly have been no major adverse reactions to the jab.
Benefits outweigh risks - Dr Pickering
“The whole concept of anything that we use from a medical point of use, [is] what are the risks, what are the benefits and anyway you sift through this whole discussion this debate, the benefits far outweigh the risk.
“In addition, what the data has not categorically shown is that you have much higher risk of getting blood clots from COVID, the disease itself, than the rare rare phenomenal of getting blood clots from the vaccine,” he said.
According to the medical doctor, persons can even get blood clots from air travel, which also presents higher incidents than vaccination.
“By comparison, although there are separate mechanisms by which you get blood clots, a birth control pill has a much higher incidence of women developing blood clots, you have a much higher incidence of developing blood clots when you fly on long flights and pregnancy itself predisposes to the blood,” he said.
Blood clots rare - Dr Pickering
Dr Pickering said despite the uncertainties surrounding the vaccines due to incidents of blood clots, the vaccines have remained safe and just about 1 in 250,000 have developed this complication.
During the April 4, 2021, edition of Real Talk with Karia J. Christopher on Flow Television and broadcasted online, Dr Pickering said vaccination remains a safe bet to fight the pandemic.
“What is important to understand in the context of this particular situation that we find ourselves in this pandemic that is caused by the virus COVID-19, our only weapon against this virus is vaccination.”
More risk of blood clots from COVID infection, smoking & birth control pills!
Meanwhile, Government has also been informing the public that the risk of blood clots from taking the AstraZeneca vaccine is far less than the possibility of developing blood clots from COVID-19 infection, smoking and the use of birth control pills.
According to Government, the risk of blood clots from taking the AstraZeneca vaccine is 4 cases in 1 million shots or 0.0004%.
The risk from birth control pills is 500-1200 in 1 million women or 0.05%-0.15%.
The risk from smoking is 1763 cases in 1 million smokers or 0.18%.
The risk from COVID-19 infection is 165,000 cases in 1 million cases or 16.5%.
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47 Responses to “Higher risk of blood clots from COVID-19 than AstraZeneca vaccine– Dr Pickering”
I only wish people would open their minds and eyes and see what’s been going on in the rest of the world. And listen.
All the cases we have had, people recovering by passing the time
Don’t put your ignorance on God!
Frankly I don’t care, let them die and go and meet Jesus sooner
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9490181/Indias-health-collapsing-Covid-19-spreads-faster-ever.html
- Does Not Provide Immunity
- Does Not Eliminate The Virus
- Does Not Eliminate Mask Wearing & Social Distancing
- Does Not Guarantee You Won't Get It
- Does Not Prevent Death
For Those Who Want To Be Foolish AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
"No Weapon Form Against Me Shall Prosper" Have Faith In GOD Alone!!!
Read the research. You are speaking opinion, NOT fact.
The Covid vaccine does provide immunity to a high percentage, and it does and will prevent many needless deaths. You are correct that it doesn’t guarantee you won’t get it. No vaccine does that. But it makes it much less likely that one will become seriously ill, require advanced hospital care, or die from this disease.
And believe me, it’s not that I don’t understand people’s concerns about new types of medicines. But I feel that the serious consequences of so many people declining vaccination against Covid fall on the less privileged and poorer people in the world.
Of course vaccines prevent you from catching it and spreading it.
Wtf do you think the point of them is?
2. With regards to the smoking and birh control the risk associated with the vqccine is different. Goverment dont force you to smoke or take birth control pills
People are advised not to smoke it is bad. People are advised to tak the vaccine . The end result can be the same ,-- blood clots.
Do better Education than that Doc
People are not idiots. STOP IT!! #unvaccinatedlivesmattertoo.
You are an idiot
The Bible was written thousands of years ago. Who among us are actually living, in all ways, as people did thousands of years ago?
It’s the spirit of the Word, not the Letter of the Word that’s important.
Love God Above All, and Love your Neighbor as yourself. Take the vaccine in order to protect yourself AND your neighbor from this deadly virus.
See
https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/man-dies-8-days-after-taking-covid-vaccine/article_ecb830f8-9f1d-11eb-8f76-534d843077d2.html
https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/don-t-cover-up-what-happened/article_ed54b492-9e4f-11eb-aeef-2bb91c890117.html
https://trinidadexpress.com/newsextra/man-60-paralysed-near-death-after-covid-vaccination/article_0a937572-9d04-11eb-b824-cf60be2cbf80.html
Minister Khan died 4 days after.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56696907
You also seem to be overlooking that the 2 trini deaths had underlying heart conditions so whether the vaccine actually caused it can be questioned.
Not one reported case of a serious reaction.