One of the best balanced summary on the Astra Zeneca vaccine & what is at stake. sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/w…
"vaccinating 100,000 people ages 80 and older in an area with high infection rates—886 infections per 100,000 people per month, the level seen in Europe in January—would prevent 1239 hospitalizations and 733 deaths over a period of just 4 months (see tables, below). "
"By contrast, vaccinating 100,000 people age 20 to 29 would lead, on average, to 1.9 cases of the blood clotting disorder. But it would not prevent any deaths from COVID-19, although it would prevent 64 hospitalizations in an area with high infection rates."
“Don’t underestimate the impact of Long COVID,” he says. “These vaccines do appear to protect against that as well.” And vaccinating younger people not only protects them, but also helps keep them from spreading the virus to more vulnerable people in a community.
"In many places, the decision is not whether to vaccinate, but whether to use AstraZeneca now or wait for another vaccine to become available."
"In the coming, crucial months, the AstraZeneca vaccine is one of the great hopes in the struggle toward vaccine equity—ensuring that poorer countries will be able to vaccinate their populations as well. Many of them can’t afford the messenger RNA vaccines"
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