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		lysp on Sept 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due... I read some comments online that said the control group is being given a meningococcal vaccine. Transverse myelitis is apparently a rare complication with that vaccine. It's possible (although not confirmed), the adverse reaction may have been from the control group.

nikk1 on Sept 10, 2020 [–]

"... the participant was injected with the company’s Covid-19 vaccine and not a placebo, Soriot said on the conference call..."

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