Sweden had to throw away hundreds of coronavirus vaccines | the Chronicle

At Sweden had to throw away hundreds of coronavirus vaccines after several notified regions cases of people who refused to receive the dose of AstraZeneca after suspension of its application in several countries, as a preventive measure due to fears related to cases of thrombosis.

“In my department, we had planned 150 diabetic patients over 65, who were going to be vaccinated. There were 20 who canceled prematurely and 7 who left, once they found out what vaccine they were going to get, one said, “I don’t want to die and leave immediately”, said the doctor Maria taranger in the Göteborgs Posten, as reported by thelocal.se. Do people in Sweden they do not have the option of choosing the vaccine they receive, although they are informed before applying it.

The Swedish Public Health Agency and Government they emphasized that the risks of the vaccine far outweigh its benefits, in line with the arguments of the World Health Organization and the European Medicines Agency continue to use the vaccine AstraZeneca is a safe and effective way to avoid serious images of Covid-19.

However, the decision to stop vaccination reduces citizens’ trust, and currently in Sweden its use is only recommended in people over 65 years of age following reports of rare blood clots.

Even so, the number of people who reject AstraZeneca remains low. But in Gothenburg and Stockholm, regional health chiefs confirmed that refusal to apply AstraZeneca had led to complete wastage of doses.

Sweden is currently behind the EU average in the percentage of the total population that has received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.