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Prof Skerritt head of Australia's TGA, interviewed after the recent approval of Moderna. Side effects of mRNA injections besides usual, is that younger males could have an effect on their heart, but says we've got good at detecting them because of Pfizer and are usually mild? I'd question that any heart inflammation especially when young is mild and Israel and US data shows it's occurring many times (25 - 100) more than expected especially for males in those age groups.
He makes the point that Australia is in close contact with other countries when approving COVID injections, but although the US has not approved AZ, we have.
"Different countries make different decisions based on the data." "It's critically important for Australia to have all the data on the vaccines before making decisions. I'll give you an example. Sadly there's been a few deaths with AZ side effects. But the Australian experience is a lot better than the UK experience. In the UK about 18% of people who have the serious side effects from AZ have died. While every death is tragic, in Australia our death rate is 6%."
Says we knew what to expect and could implement safety procedures to save more lives.
Asked why Australian made AZ injections are not recognised as being vaccinated for entry into the UK.
Says mRNA injections has higher than expected cases of heart inflammation in young
Asked: What liability does TGA carry for safety. Answer: Drs and pharmacists are indemnified so they can administer jabs with confidence. Govt will underwrite that and anyone has common law rights to pursue through the courts if injured. Currently fleshing out details of plans with GP insurance, and Govt's of states and territories for some sort of plan for claims to be announced in the coming weeks and months but will be retrospective.
Plans for variant responses that are commercial in confidence, but have been focusing on review of around six or seven medicines and treatments.
I'm curious if this includes IVM, and if not we'll know that the TGA has been thoroughly captured by big Pharma.
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TGA defends vaccine approval process
The head of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has defended the time it takes to approve vaccines and has pointed to Australia’s safety record as evidence of a good process. It comes as the TGA approved the Moderna vaccine for adults aged 18 and over in a record 23 days on Monday. “We’ve...www.6pr.com.au
TBH I don't know that the AtraZeneca shot is really any more harmful than the Pfizer. It's just that because it's a not for profit vaccine Astra probably don't feel the need to throw the same clout behind defending it that Pfizer throws behind theirs.







