Stimulus Podcast 45 - The Story Behind COVID Vaccines and Brain Blood Clots

<p class="p1">The news this week has been replete with stories about increased clot risk in those who have received the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. In this episode, we break down: what we know so far about vaccine induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), the research that has revealed an underlying mechanism, CDC and NHS recommendations, and a primer on cerebral venous thrombosis -- the primary clot site associated with VITT.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>We Discuss:</strong></p> <div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment= "{"blocks":[{"key":"8f8fg","text":"We Discuss:","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":11,"style":"BOLD"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{"dynamicStyles":{"line-height":"1.38"}}},{"key":"9fujc","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"b1p6s","text":"Vaccine induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT)","type":"header-two","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":50,"style":"BOLD"},{"offset":0,"length":50,"style":"UNDERLINE"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{"dynamicStyles":{"line-height":"1.38"}}},{"key":"aef6i","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"ai4n3","text":"The similar mechanism of AstraZeneca's and Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccines [01:00];","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":89,"style":"BOLD"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{"dynamicStyles":{"line-height":"1.38"}}},{"key":"eqrd0","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"emg77","text":"Proposed mechanism of VITT [03:20];","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":35,"style":"BOLD"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{"dynamicStyles":{"line-height":"1.38"}}},{"key":"22n1e","text":"Greinacher, Andreas, et al. \"Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination.\" New England Journal of Medicine (2021). PDF","type":"unordered-list-item","depth":0,"inlineStyle