Vol IX, Issue 3 Date of Publication: July 17, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2024.041

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Injuries and deaths following Covid-19 vaccination: The ethical and legal case for compensation

Veena Johari
Sandhya Srinivasan
Abstract:

In April 2024, in a class action suit for compensation to families of persons suffering injury or death after vaccination with AstraZeneca’s (AZ) Covid-19 vaccine [1], the manufacturer admitted in a UK court that the Oxford-AZ Covid-19 vaccine could cause a rare and potentially fatal blood clotting disorder (“thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome” or TTS, which when triggered by a vaccine is called “vaccine induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis, or VITT) [2]. The AZ Covid-19 vaccine is a chimpanzee adenovirus vectored vaccine encoding the SARS-CoV2 spike protein (ChAdOx1-S) marketed under the names Covishield and Vaxzevria.


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