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    While blood clots are more prevalent among those taking the pill, they are generally more severe when associated with the vaccine.

    Professor Doust said the most common blood clot on the pill is deep vein thrombosis - a blood clot in your leg that is serious but has a very low risk of fatality.

    And this particular type of blood clot differs from the blood clot associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine.


    Professor Doust said the blood clot linked to the vaccine generally occurs in the brain and carries a 25 per cent risk of death.


    “They’re very different. I don’t think we should be comparing the two things at all,” Professor Doust told The Feed.

 
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