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The Danger of a ‘Dudes Only’ Vaccine
We still don’t know who’s most at risk of getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine blood clots.
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The Johnson & Johnson shot is teetering on the precipice of becoming America’s “dudes only” vaccine. On Tuesday, the CDC and FDA advised halting the vaccine’s nationwide rollout to investigate six cases of a rare blood-clotting disorder that’s occurred in people within about two weeks of receiving the vaccine all of them women under the age of 50. In an emergency meeting convened Wednesday by the CDC, experts raised the possibility of limiting its future use to males, reserving Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, as some have unfortunately put it, for johnsons alone.
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The J&J Vaccine Is Not a Tainted Cantaloupe
Our regulators are not fools. But they have a peculiar sense of responsibility that leads them to adopt a fraidy-cat level of caution.
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I am one of the nearly 7 million Americans with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine percolating through my tissue at this very moment. It feels good. The sensation of rising immunity to COVID-19 would almost certainly still feel good if I were a woman between the ages of 18 and 48, like all six of the vaccine recipients who later suffered from blood clots. The clots, which might or might not be related to the vaccine, can kill you; one of the six patients died. If you treat the clots the wrong way, the treatment can kill, too which is why the CDC and FDA paused J&J vaccination yesterday morning, and left the vaccine in my body a limited-edition commodity, like a final gulp of Coke Classic.
Howard County is clocking in with one of the highest vaccination rates in the state at 21%, however, data shows among those 63,000 doses administered, inequities persist, and Monday local leaders announced a plan to bridge the divide.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info || St. John Baptist Church has stepped up before to offer help during the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, the church parking lot served as a drive-through coronavirus testing site in an effort to reach underserved populations and meet people where they are.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsOn Monday, the county announced the church will host COVID-19 vaccine clinics as part of a vaccine equity push.Howard County Executive Calvin Ball rolled up his left sleeve Monday for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson, also known as the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. The point of doing this so publicly is two-fold: To convince cons
One of the big topics in Maryland is getting attention on the federal level as well: Vaccine equity and access.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||Maryland health officials said the state would be ramping up the number of shots given at the state s mass vaccination sites. But volume alone will not solve the state s problem of COVID-19 vaccine equity and access, community leaders said Wednesday.U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, held a virtual roundtable, in which he said economic help is on the way. He told community leaders and advocates that help is on the way in the stimulus bill that passed the House. He said the bill includes more money for vaccines and vaccine distribution.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQsVan Hollen highlighted a White House promise that more federal vaccines will be flowing directly into community health centers, eventually.The senator laid out dat