The devastated family of man who died of blood clots weeks after getting the AstraZeneca jab are taking legal action. Jack Hurn received his first dose of the vaccine on May 29 last year.
They had allegedly asked staff about alternative vaccines as they were "aware of concerns around the use of AstraZeneca" for younger people, Coventry Live reports. Lawyers say medical advice at the time recommended that under-30s should get an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine after it was revealed that younger people were at greater risk of blood clots.
However, staff reassured the family that it was safe and they went ahead with the vaccination. Jack, from Redditch, started suffering headaches within days and died 11 days later at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital where doctors allegedly described him as having "catastrophic" blood clots on his brain.
