<story><title>EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&amp;J vaccine contracts at expiry</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUSKBN2C10MU</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jleyank</author><text>Probably every drug has risks, many higher than the 1:1,000,000 reported for AZ&amp;#x2F;J&amp;amp;J.  It&amp;#x27;s always a balance between the risk untreated vs. treated - many cancer drugs will kill you, but slower than they kill the cancer.  Contraceptives have various issues, but their &amp;quot;social good&amp;quot; is deemed worthwhile.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve read that they are doing gene analysis to try and determine why these cases appear - is it gender, age, cross-reactions with other meds, ...?  And recall that some of these conditions appear without obvious causes.  If they&amp;#x27;re due to an overly aggressive immune response, recall that the cytokine storm caused by covid in such cases is what attacks the lungs (why immunosuppressants are used as treatments).&lt;p&gt;And nobody understands Long Covid.</text></comment>
<story><title>EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&amp;J vaccine contracts at expiry</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/reutersComService_2_MOLT/idUSKBN2C10MU</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>parhamn</author><text>Does anyone know how reusable the mRNA infrastructure is in the future for other mRNA based solutions or is this stuff more one-off for COVID?</text></comment>