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Local health departments suspend use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine Health Departments switch on short notice after J&J shots stopped temporarily and last updated 2021-04-13 19:05:14-04 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — The recommended suspension of the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccination is complicating things for local health departments in West Michigan, who are racing to vaccinate people in the middle of a third COVID-19 surge. “It’s frustrating. When we had all three vaccines that were readily available..it was the fuel we needed,” Kalamazoo County Public Health Director Jim Ruthford said. Although frustrating, Kalamazoo County has been able to fill appointments by using the Pfizer vaccine, of which there have been no complications.

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