Coronavirus vaccine issues

Major news outlets have been associating concerns about coronavirus vaccines with conspiratorial thinking, with a CNN article employing phrases such as “anti-vaccine conspiracy theories” and quoting vaccine advocate Bill Gates as hoping that they do not “create vaccine hesitancy”. Source.

Today, ABC News (Australia) reports that “The European Union’s four largest nations [Germany, France, Italy, and Spain] have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after reports in some European countries of serious side effects in recipients… Cyprus and Slovenia also announced they would be putting use of the vaccine on hold… Denmark and Norway stopped giving the shot last week after reporting isolated cases of bleeding, blood clots and a low platelet count… Iceland and Bulgaria followed suit before Ireland and the Netherlands announced suspensions on Sunday. ” Source.

Okay then.