The Claim:
A Swedish journalist is asking why the death of an 18-year-old Italian girl after vaccination and the subsequent investigation of five doctors isn’t bigger news.
The Facts:
In June 2021, after the Italian government recommended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine only in people 60 years and older, an 18-year-old received the shot and subsequently developed a rare form of blood clotting.
According to news sources, part of the investigation surrounding the medical staff was not that the vaccine was administered but that they failed to document that she had been vaccinated and to properly test for and treat her specific type of blood clot, vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT).
While, exceedingly rarely, the viral vector vaccine can lead to VITT within weeks of vaccination, the United States currently has no viral vector COVID vaccines in use.
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