FDA And CDC Recommend Pause On J&J COVID Vaccines Amid Reports Of Blood Clotting

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#105

Having listened to the FDA briefing, these folks clearly struggle to balance the cost benefit analysis issue with a side effect that they acknowledge is rare and may not in fact be connected to the vaccine itself. They’re basically saying they can afford this pause because Pfizer/Moderna are plentiful in supply but you should go ahead and take the J&J if a doctor advises it due to the benefit of avoiding the risks of COVID. That puts J&J in second class status and discourages its use.

I will say that the reporters did ask good questions at this presser, better than I expected.

What this tells me is that if things weren’t going so well with Pfizer and Moderna, this pause would not likely have been announced or would’ve been rolled out differently. We should hope we don’t hear of issues with Pfizer and Moderna. We’re nearing that inflection point towards where Israel is now.

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#106

It will discourage people. It’s human nature. But they still needed to be transparent and the pause is not inappropriate. It’s a tough one.

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#107

so a rare clotting disorder. 1 ppm, only seen in women?
how about instead of wasting the doses, setup a few male only mass vax sites in michigan.

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#108

6 cases out of 6.8 million vaccinations does not seem to warrant the level of alarm being raised.

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#109

I agree. I think the general problem of suspicion of the vaccines is what prompted the extra extra caution and it seems statistically overblown.

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#110

I fear it will only feed and fuel the GOP loonies and other anti-vaxxer idiots.

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#111

Probably. It’s unfortunate.

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#112

I’m not sure we’ll even notice. They don’t run on fuel.

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#113

I’d much rather that you be right about this.

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#114

I know right?

It’s science so the loonies will reject it out of hand.

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#115

What’s done is done. One can only hope that the FDA comes back with clear guidance quickly and ok’s this vaccine much as the UK has done for AZ.

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#116

It’s worse than that. We all have approximately two minutes left to live!

Every time we breathe, it resets the clock.

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#117

I appreciate the vigilance on the part of the CDC. My dismay stems from the fact that after several months waiting to be age eligible, followed by three weeks waiting for my appointment, I have been sent back to the beginning with no indication yet how all the cancelled appointments will be rescheduled (my appointment was supposed to be tomorrow.) Also, if I get switched to Pfizer or Moderna, I immediately add 3 to 4 weeks to the process, so instead of being fully protected at the end of April, I may very well be looking at end May or even sometime in June.

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#118

Agreed.

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#119

Glad you clarified that last bit.

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#120

Women aged 18-48 may want to know more!

#121

It’s possible to toss a coin six times and come up with heads six times. What looks like certainty may still be randomness in disguise.

Sparse data are sparse data – not yet time to draw conclusions from what’s available in press reports.

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#122

So what you’re saying is …that just because ambulances are at the scene of every fatal vehicle accident, they are not the cause of fatal accidents???

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#123

I’ll have to get back to you on that.

#124

Naw… That’s personal injury lawyers.

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