Now what? Uncertainty for people who got J&J vaccine, have appointments
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Updated: 5:58 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021
Now what? Uncertainty for people who got J&J vaccine, have appointments
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Updated: 5:58 PM EDT Apr 13, 2021
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>> I WOULD DO IT AGAIN. YES. JOSH: THREE DAYS AFTER GETTING HER SHOT, MARIA SORIANO OF ALLSTON HAS CONFIDENCE IN THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE, EVEN AS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE TAKES A HIT. >> SO I DON’T TRUST IT. I’D RATHER, I WENT WITH PFIZER. >> IF SIX WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HAVE DEVELOPED BLOOD CLOTS, I DON’T KNOW MAN, IT JUST DOESN’T SEEM SAFE TO ME. JOSH: THOSE 6 OUT OF 6.8 MILLION VACCINATED, PROMPTING THE FDA TO PUT J AND J ON PAUSE. HERE ARE SOME SYMPTOMS OF THAT RARE BLOOD CLOT, SEVERE HEADACHE ABDOMINAL PAIN LEG PAIN SHORTNESS OF BREATH QUEST I BELIEVE THE J AND J VACCINE IS EXCEEDINGLY SAFE. THESE ARE VERY RARE EVENTS. BUT WE DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE LINKED TO THE VACCINE. AND WE DON’T KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER CASES OUT THERE THAT WE’VE MISSED. JOSH: MEANTIME BACK TO MARIA. WE FIRST MET HER SATURDAY, AS SHE WAS GETTING HER SINGLE SHOT AT A POP UP CLINIC AT A CHURCH IN EAST BOSTON. HERE’S WHAT SHE SAID THEN. >> FOR MY WORK AND FOR MY HEALTH, I DON’T HAVE COVID FOR THE WHOLE TIME AND I DON’T WANT TO GET IT. JOSH: EVEN WITH TODAY’S NEWS, THIS SINGLE MOTHER OF 4 WHO CLEANS HOUSES AND STRUGGLES WITH ASTHMA, AND WHO HAS LOST FRIENDS TO THE VIRUS, WOULD STILL GET THE SHOT, CITING THE SMALL NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO HAVE GOTTEN VERY SIC >> YOU NEED TO BE CONFIDENT. GO GET IT. JOSH: COMING UP AT 5:30, ONE LOCAL MAN JUST GOT HIS JOHNSON AND JOHNSON SHOT THIS MORNING RIGHT BEFORE THEY TURNED EVERYONE ELSE AWAY. WE’LL HEAR FROM HIM TONIGHT AT 5: