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Local religious and health officials comment on morality of J&J COVID-19 vaccine Kimberly Donahue © Provided by Topeka WIBW-TV Local religious and health officials comment on morality of J&J COVID-19 vaccine
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - As the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine returns for use in the United States, so do concerns about the morality of the one-shot vaccine.
According to the Shawnee Co. Health Department, the
production process for the Johnson and Johnson vaccine includes the use of a cell line that traces back to a fetus aborted in the Netherlands in 1985.
However, the current vaccine itself includes no fetal cells.
Five cases of the California variant were found in Shawnee County over the weekend, said Craig Barnes, division manager of the health department s Community Health Outreach and Planning program.
Barnes said this variant is 20% more contagious than the U.K. variant but said vaccines are still effective. The California variant was first found in July 2020 and is one of the most common variants of concern in the U.S.
The new variant joins the 44 cases of the U.K. variant in the county, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment s COVID-19 dashboard.
Barnes said it is fairly common that counties report multiple different types of variants at the same time. Douglas and Jefferson counties also have cases of the U.K. and California variant, but both have a combined total of six variants of concern.
Shawnee County hasn t seen a spike in COVID-19 cases because of the U.K. variant. Here s what we know. Blaise Mesa, Topeka Capital-Journal © Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal Erin Locke, Shawnee County health officer, presents over concerns regarding four COVID-19 varients during Thursday s county commission meeting.
Shawnee County commissioners took the teeth out of the authority of the county s mask mandate on March 29, one day before the B.1.1.7, or U.K., variant surfaced in the county.
Bad timing, said Dusty Nichols, incident commander for Shawnee County’s COVID-19 response team.
One day later, Shawnee County reported three cases of the U.K. variant. That number has risen to 34 confirmed cases as of Thursday. The mask mandate officially expired at 12:01 a.m. April 16.
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