Staff Writer
FILE - This July 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine in Belgium. The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two.(Johnson & Johnson via AP, File)
MOUNDSVILLE Last week’s green light for the Johnson & Johnson one-dose COVID-19 vaccine got local health officials talking of its benefits and applications, now that one shot is enough to inoculate a person.
Early in the week, Marshall County Threat Preparedness Director Mark Ackermann expressed optimism that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be particularly useful in a specific application inoculating homebound residents who could not easily come to vaccination clinics. Ackermann said there was talk of coordinating with Marshall County Emergency Management Service to distribute the vaccine that way.