Michael Clifford: Suspending vaccine down to fear of blame

The AstraZeneca vaccine was paused last week with the WHO examining 37 cases of blood clots in some 17m doses administered. The move did nobody any favours

Prof Karina Butler, chair of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, with Health Minister Stephen Donnelly at a briefing earlier this year. File picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Character emerges when under pressure. 

The good, the bad, and the ugly of what we are makes itself known when the chips are down. So it was last Sunday when a decision was taken to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.