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The Food and Drug Administration’s job is to protect the public from snake oil and dangerous drugs. But by telling all health care professionals to immediately stop giving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine because of one death in 7 million people, they have transitioned to paternalism. This is not botox, this is a life-saving medication. If the FDA applied that logic to other medications, we would not have antibiotics, Tylenol, or oral contraceptive pills. What ever happened to giving people the data and letting them make their own health decisions?
The eight known blood clot complications after the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, including one death, have been observed in people under age 50, all but one were in women. The FDA should have responded by pausing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in that specific group.
Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause is classic FDA overreach
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Inova has already administered more than 70,000 vaccines, according to the hospital system. Author: Khalida Volou (WUSA9), Associated Press Published: 1:05 PM EST January 26, 2021 Updated: 1:06 PM EST January 26, 2021
FAIRFAX, Va. Inova Hospital announced Monday that they will be canceling some COVID-19 vaccine appointments starting Tuesday due to a national shortage that has impacted its current supply of vaccines, according to a statement released by the hospital system.
The Virginia Department of Health will now be distributing COVID-19 vaccines to health districts in response to a national shortage of the vaccine, the hospital stated. This unprecedented decision has caused the hospital system s supply to run low and has forced them to make the difficult decision of prioritizing their available doses.