Scientists in Europe identify potential AstraZeneca clots cause and treatment
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> Once diagnosed, the condition should be treated with blood thinning medication and immunoglobulin, which targets the antibody that causes the problem. “We believe the most likely hypothesis is that this particular vaccine is causing a rare autoimmune reaction that triggers antibodies, which then interact with the platelets, but we don’t know why this is happening,” Dr. Klamroth said.
Immunoglobulin is hella expensive, at a cost of 40 Euro per gram, or in US dollars $47.63/gram, for countries with universal health coverage (public/private/national health insurance programs), excluding Switzerland, which has less stringent drug negotiation going on. Standard dosing in this case is 2.0 grams/kilogram. So, for a 75 kg adult, it would be 6,000 Euro or $7,140 USD, if it works the first time around and it is not a long-term kind of thing.
By the way, I currently happen to be self-infusing (subcutaneous) immunoglobulin at the moment. I will likely be on it for life. Also, I currently have food poisoning (legitimately not COVID-19), from takeaway/takeout food and it is definitely helping me recover from it faster, as it contains a ton of antibodies from blood donors. It boosts your immunity while suppressing your body's inappropriate autoimmune or inflammatory responses. Regardless, I still got tested for COVID-19, even though I am fully vaccinated, which came back negative.
>“The contract foresees that liabilities and financial costs are shared among the parties,” the Belgian medicines agency said in a statement about the deal the Commission reached with AstraZeneca on behalf of all 27 EU states, including Belgium.[1]
Upon death the family will be compensated, if it was directly related to the vaccine. So treatment would make always financial sense, first because it's human life, second because it's partially covered by EU and AZ, lastly it's cheaper then death.
[1]https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vac...
You are not putting a price on human lives, and the EU did not either. It was about giving people more rights, not less. So, don’t worry. You really are awesome!
I am culturally American, and I hold US|EU (Croatian) citizenship. I live in Croatia. Lately, Americans have been trashing the EU, but really, it is by far the best solution we have for countries that have failed empires. In Croatia, if you are not pro-EU, oftentimes you just want war, outright. Anyways, the EU has done a lot more collective good that what the member countries could have done by going it alone.
Hell at that price Ig may just be in a lobbyist's slide deck.
There are only a handful of countries which source their own immunoglobulin via unpaid blood donors and then create a /blood product/ (regulatory approved and marketed) for their citizens. Often, only people with specific diseases have the authorization and right to use this particular product and patients with other diseases have to use product imported that uses paid blood donors, which the public/private/national health insurance pays for likewise.
It's still a potential theory, but I really do think this Norwegian hematologist and his team know exactly what they are doing and are on the ball. Usually identifying antibodies for culprits of some previously unclassified disease is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Sure, they had clues from the AstraZeneca vaccine, but this team is still extremely talented.