AstraZeneca is the ‘workhorse’ for vaccinating the world. Now, the world is uneasy over clot risks.
Danielle Paquette, Emily Rauhala, Loveday Morris, Liz Sly
DAKAR, Senegal —She had seen the conspiracy theories on Facebook, the endless anti-vaccine videos. Aminata Gueye shrugged it all off as silly chatter and signed up for an AstraZeneca shot courtesy of a World Health Organization-backed vaccine push called Covax.
Then came some news on the radio in Dakar: Some European countries had suspended use of the vaccine after regulators found apparent links to rare, but potentially fatal, blood clots. Gueye never went to the clinic.