NC officials call Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine a game-changer. When can you get it?
Adam Wagner, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Mar. 2—State and local health officials are deciding where to send the new one-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, now that it has received emergency use authorization from the federal government.
Whether it will go to vaccinate teachers or build up vaccine supply in doctor's offices, North Carolina health leaders say the vaccine — now the third in use in the United States — comes at a critical moment of the coronavirus pandemic.
"The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is going to change everything. It's going to help us end the pandemic," said Noel Brewer, a UNC-Chapel Hill behavioral scientist, in an interview with The News & Observer. Brewer researches why people take vaccines and advises the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.