Fact Check: Are Indians Who Got Covishield Vaccine Susceptible To TTS?
NDTV
Social media has been abuzz with posts about Covishield, which was one of the two vaccines available in India during the pandemic.
AstraZeneca, which developed and manufactured the Covid vaccine Covishield. recently admitted that the vaccine could cause TTS (a condition that may cause blood clots and low platelet count) as a side effect in some people. Since the news came out, social media has been abuzz with posts about Covishield, which was one of the two vaccines available in India during the pandemic. Some of these posts claim most Indians are at risk of TTS now. A fact check by The Healthy Indian Project (THIP) indicates that the claim is only half true. While the risk of TTS is true, the probability is "very rare". #NoVoteToModi#NoVoteForBJP#ModiFails#ModiTohGayo#CovidVaccines#Covishieldइस सरकार को वोट की चोट जरूर दे। अब नही चाहिए बीजेपी ।140 करोड़ जनता की जान जोखिम में डाली है इस सरकार ने।पीएम साहब को कोई परेशानी नहीं है खुद ने Covaxin लगवाई है।लेकिन जनता 😭@Anika_Panpic.twitter.com/nS83AbFGn6
The Claim
The Indian government has been blamed in multiple social media posts for allowing the Covishield vaccine in the country and putting people at risk for vaccination-induced Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS). This allegation stems from AstraZeneca's acknowledgment in UK court about the fact that their vaccines can cause rare side effects. One such post blaming the Indian government can be seen below:
