A panel of AIIMS doctors has dismissed claims that COVID-19 vaccines caused rising deaths among youth. Dr Karan Madan stated no link was found between vaccines and sudden cardiac arrests. Experts emphasized the vaccines’ life-saving role, with over 13 billion doses administered globally and WHO approval for multiple vaccine technologies.
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A panel of expert doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have denied that the coronavirus vaccine was responsible for rising death cases among the youth. This comes a day after the Indian Council of Medical Research debunked claims about the same.
According to Associate Professor Dr Karan Madan, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, AIIMS Delhi, a study was conducted on sudden cardiac arrests to review the COVID-19 vaccines used so far, which concluded that there is no clear association of vaccines found with sudden cardiac deaths among the youth.
Dr Madan also highlighted that COVID-19 vaccines were effective and played a crucial role in reducing the mortality of the virus. He further stated that during any pandemic, vaccines are the only possible measures to save lives, and the benefits provided by them are immense, according to ANI.
Dr Karan Madan, while addressing the media, also asserted, ”COVID-19 vaccines were effective vaccines, and they played a crucial role in reducing mortality. During the pandemic, vaccines are the only possible measure to save lives. Vaccines were used on a large number of people, and they provided a lot of benefits in preventing excess mortality. The benefits provided by the vaccines are immense. A study was done on sudden cardiac deaths to review the vaccines used so far, but no clear association was found with sudden cardiac deaths," as per ANI.
Meanwhile, another expert doctor from the panel, Dr Sanjay Rai, a professor at the Centre for Community Medicine, informed that the efficacy of the Covishield vaccine is 62.1. He noted that “The World Health Organisation (WHO) approved 12 vaccines, out of which the majority were made from different technologies.”
Dr Sanjay Rai, while asserting the impact of vaccines on health, said that Covishield uses a vector that is an "adenovirus". Dr Rai asserted that more than 13 billion doses have already been administered worldwide. There are countries like the US, which have just completed the fourth dose.
Adding to his statements, Dr Rai said, "The Covishield vaccine efficacy was 62.1... Currently, there are 37 vaccines already approved by various regulatory authorities. The WHO has approved around 12 vaccines, and the majority of these vaccines are based on different technologies. If you see Covaxin, it's an old technology. Covishield uses a vector that is an adenovirus... The other vaccine, Sputnik, has almost the same principle. More than 13 billion doses have already been administered all over the world. There are countries like the US; that have just completed the fourth dose. The WHO is also recommending that everybody six months and above must get a vaccine with the newer variant."
(With ANI Inputs)
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