Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock announces the FDA and CDC are recommending a pause in the use of the J&J vaccine “out of an abundance of caution … due to reports of six cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot following vaccine administration.”
CDC Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat lists symptoms to look out for if you've already gotten the J&J vaccine, including:
• severe headaches
• abdominal or leg pain
• shortness of breath
She says the risk is "very low" if you were vaccinated more than a month ago.
• severe headaches
• abdominal or leg pain
• shortness of breath
She says the risk is "very low" if you were vaccinated more than a month ago.
Dr. Anthony Fauci on the recommended J&J vaccine pause due to rare blood clotting disorder in 6 recipients:
“There have been 6 out of the 6.85 million doses, which is less than 1 in a million. So remember, this is something … really out of an abundance of caution.”
“There have been 6 out of the 6.85 million doses, which is less than 1 in a million. So remember, this is something … really out of an abundance of caution.”
WH COVID response coordinator Jeff Zients on FDA/CDC’s J&J vaccine pause recommendation:
“We didn’t know about anything in terms of the announcement until last night and we didn’t even know the content of the announcement until this morning when everyone else read it.”
“We didn’t know about anything in terms of the announcement until last night and we didn’t even know the content of the announcement until this morning when everyone else read it.”
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