The AstraZeneca Covid vaccine rollout was a huge success story. But for a very small number of desperately unlucky people who received the jab, it had a catastrophic effect.
I am not an anti-vaxxer but… On 29 April 2021, Lisa Shaw, a clever, sensible, creative, mischievous, award-winning presenter at BBC Radio Newcastle, had her first Covid vaccination. Like millions of us, Lisa was delighted and relieved to get her jab. Not only did the 44-year-old mother of one feel she was doing her bit to keep her community safe (Lisa had been astonished a few weeks earlier when a girlfriend had said she wasn’t getting jabbed), she was excited “to give her mam a hug”.
A vanishingly rare side effect of AstraZeneca s Covid vaccine has killed a dozen Brits and has been linked to many more. Here MailOnline highlights just some who have died due to the jab s blood clots.