To those who are unvaccinated because of worries about “unproven mRNA technology” you know you can get:
- the J&J vaccine (🇺🇸)
- the Oxford-AZ vaccine (🇬🇧&🇪🇺)
Both can prevent hospitalization or death from COVID. Neither are mRNA vaccines. So why not get vaxxed today?
- the J&J vaccine (🇺🇸)
- the Oxford-AZ vaccine (🇬🇧&🇪🇺)
Both can prevent hospitalization or death from COVID. Neither are mRNA vaccines. So why not get vaxxed today?
To those worried about blood clots after J&J, as of April 2021:
-there were 15 cases of TTS
-out of 8 million J&J doses
That’s a risk of less than 1 in 500,000. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
The risk of getting struck by lightning is higher than that! cdc.gov/disasters/ligh…
-there were 15 cases of TTS
-out of 8 million J&J doses
That’s a risk of less than 1 in 500,000. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
The risk of getting struck by lightning is higher than that! cdc.gov/disasters/ligh…
The vaccine efficacy (VE) of the J&J vaccine *is* slightly less than the mRNA alternatives: 68-71% VE to prevent hospitalization (compared to ~90% for mRNA vaccines). That’s still much much better than being Unvaxxed.
(N.B. this is pre-omicron data)
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
(N.B. this is pre-omicron data)
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
In terms of efficacy against omicron, a study from South Africa found that boosted J&J was 85% effective at preventing hospitalization! Not too shabby!
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
To put this another way:
You are about as likely to catch COVID, get hospitalized, and die *precisely at the stroke of midnight* than you are to develop TTS after vaccination
1/6 risk of COVID infxn * 1.5% CFR * 1/24 hrs *1/60min =
0.0000017
vs
15 cases / 8m =
0.0000018
You are about as likely to catch COVID, get hospitalized, and die *precisely at the stroke of midnight* than you are to develop TTS after vaccination
1/6 risk of COVID infxn * 1.5% CFR * 1/24 hrs *1/60min =
0.0000017
vs
15 cases / 8m =
0.0000018
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