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However, unlike ours, many countries in Europe recommend that the AstraZeneca vaccine be only used by people under the age of 65.



Medical reporter Cho Dong-chan will explain in detail why the conclusions are different and whether we can be correct.



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EU Food and Drug Administration, EMA, approved the AstraZeneca vaccine, saying that it should be carefully administered to people over the age of 65.



Britain followed this decision as it was, but did not accept the seven European countries: Germany, France and Norway.



AstraZeneca vaccine clinical data recently released by Oxford University in the UK.



There is no controversy over safety among people over 65.



There is a controversy about the effectiveness. If you look at the clinical participants by age, 11.6% of all those aged 56 to 69 are 5.7% of those aged 70 and over, but only a little less than 10% of those over 65.



This 10% is important. If it exceeds 10%, the 82.4% efficacy, in short, the preventive effect found in the overall clinical results can be applied even to 65 years of age or older. I will.



Conversely, this is the logic that you can inoculate.



When I put AstraZeneca vaccine on 240 people over 70 years old, I looked at how much neutralizing antibodies were produced and how much cell immunity was activated, and it was similar to that of the younger age group.



It has been proven that it is safe and the effect is somewhat evidenced, but it was determined that the current corona situation is not easy to withhold the vaccination because it is statistically insufficient.



An official from the quarantine authorities said it is likely that clear data will come out before the domestic vaccination next month, but AstraZeneca should quickly release internal data to calm the vaccination controversy for the elderly.



In case of an emergency, the quarantine authorities must also try to quickly obtain other vaccines, even as many as the number of elderly people.



(Video editing: Min-gyu Jeon)  



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"Vaccination over 65 years old carefully"