Credit Spectrum Health
Health care providers in Michigan have been given the go-ahead to administer the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. That’s as Michigan faces some of the worst coronavirus hotspots in the country.
Michigan health officials lifted a pause on the J-and-J vaccine based on advice from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC determined getting more people vaccinated outweighs the very remote risk of developing a blood clot.
Doctor Joneigh Khaldun is Michigan’s chief medical executive. She says the pause should instill more confidence in the COVID vaccines.
“So, I’m actually quite pleased by the process and the fact that our robust safety monitoring system for these vaccines works,” she told the Michigan Public Radio Netwrok.