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Originally Posted by opendoor
I seriously doubt Sweden and Denmark are making decisions primarily based on retracted papers. Scandinavian countries have world-leading surveillance systems for safety signals, which is why they were the first to pick up on AZ's clotting issues and the 2009 swine flu vaccine's link to increased rates of narcolepsy. So they're likely seeing increased rates of heart issues among their own population. Some data I've seen suggests it's about 7x higher in Moderna vs Pfizer, so why not use the latter for younger people?
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In first world countries where vaccine supply is no longer limited it makes sense to consider these risks of the vaccines versus each other even though in the absence of another option taking Moderna would be the correct choice.
It’s just like AZ. When the choice was AZ or wait a month for pfizer during the peak of a wave the risk based decision said get AZ. When there is no time lag you take the lowest risk product.