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The county is sharing the FDA Fact Sheet, with updated information addressing the concerns that led to the pause. The county has about 12,600 J&J vaccine doses as of Monday.
Dr. Richard Carmona, the former U.S. surgeon general and UA Task Force director, said it remains unclear whether the blood clotting is directly related to the vaccine “but the benefit of this vaccine is enough that we all agreed that it should go back to market.”
“We need to get this vaccine back out there because it is a very effective vaccine,” said Carmona.
However, vaccine demand has stalled nationwide and in the state with tens of thousands of appointments available at state vaccination sites last week.