When the Omicron variant hit Ontario late last year, Erin Bearss remembers thinking to herself: “Here we go again.” Chief of family medicine and an ER doctor at Mount Sinai Hospital, Bearss helps run a vaccine clinic – operated by University Health Network, with significant participation by Sinai He
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This Dec. 2, 2020, file photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows vials of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Johnson & Johnson via AP April 14, 2021 - 8:52 AM
News of reported blood clots in a handful of American recipients of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has prompted some to wonder why certain brands of the jab are potentially causing the rare side effects while others aren t.
Experts say while the vaccines are safe and effective, it s worth looking into whether the technology used â a non-replicating viral vector that differs from the mRNA shots from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna â might have something to do with it.