AstraZeneca vaccine safe and effective in U.S., Chile, Peru trials
It&#x27;s underreported, but the EU hesitance towards the AZ vaccine really started with the Danish government putting the vaccine on hold. Hours after, Austria followed and many other EU nations.<p>Whereas it may make sense to err on the side of safety for the Danish government, who has already vaccinated the oldest and weakest 10 percent of population, who has no third wave yet, who can afford the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, who has the infrastructure for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and who has a generally well educated population, it really complicates things in many other places.<p>I live in Bulgaria, where the population and even health care personnel are already skeptical. Medical doctors are old, many don&#x27;t speak English. They get their news from Russia. My own physician called her patients warning us not to get a jab back in February. A third wave is well underway now. When people here heard about richer and more well functioning nations suspending the vaccine, they lost the last confidence.<p>Although Bulgaria has since reassumed vaccinations with AZ, I fear the damage is done. Few people are getting a jab now.<p>I really wish richer nations would think more globally before they rush to such decisions. Thousands of people will die in poorer nations due to the delays it causes.