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Following the announcement on the withdrawal of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the global market, there have been muted grumbling over its safety, with a huge number of Kenyans having received it at the height of Covid-19 pandemic. While the grouse is justified, the fear is not. After all, it followed the recall of Benylin cough syrup a few weeks ago.
There is a very thin line between severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), flu and Covid-19 behaviour.
The strains or variants of the three diseases keep on changing from time to time and vaccines to combat and control them must be formulated or upgraded from time to time to be effective, safe and efficacious.
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