Medical expert Dr MV Padma Srivastava said that there are rare cases of side effects from vaccines adding that the occurring percentage of the side effects is “very low.”
Dr MV Padma Srivastava is currently a Chairperson of Neurology at Paras Hospitals, Gurugram and a Former HOD, of the Department of Neurology, AIIMS who worked proactively during the time of Covid19.
“We do see but the percentage is small, compared to the large percentage they actually help in preventing the most major illness,” she said.
The UK media reports, AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical company said that Covid vaccine Covishield and Vaxzevria “can, in very rare cases, cause Thromboses Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS).”
Mentioning the report, Dr Padma said, “I’ve also read the report which said that, really it’s happening, but I must say this when you are looking at vaccines are being given to protect a particular issue. Whenever there are vaccines that are rolled out for protection against a major health problem there will always be a spinoff of certain consequences. So in this case, I believe that in rare situations, the vaccines have caused this TTS.”
“Vaccines have been there with us ever since we were born and they are protecting some extremely bad viral infections. So some spin-offs like viruses cause fevers. We do see that but the percentage is so small, compared to the large percentage they actually help in preventing the most major illness,” she explained about the vaccine.