State officials unsure whether ruined J&J doses were intended for NYS
In New York state, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has been primarily used for those who are homebound and people in hard to reach communities. Author: Jeff Preval Updated: 4:47 PM EDT April 1, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. A major mix-up in vaccine production at a plant affiliated with the manufacturing of Johnson & Johnson s COVID-10 vaccine has reportedly led to millions of doses of J&J being ruined.
2 On Your Side is looking into the possible impacts statewide and locally.
The Governor’s Office says in a statement: We are closely monitoring concerning reports about a production issue at a Johnson & Johnson affiliated factory in Baltimore that may have impacted millions of doses. New Yorkers can rest assured that next week s allocation will not be impacted and all appointments scheduled at State-run mass vaccination sites will be honored. As we learn more information
Right now, the cutoff is age 16 for the vaccine, while research continues. Pfizer is also doing a different study for kids 5-11 and Moderna has clinical trials underway for similar age groups. Any of them would require FDA approval for widespread vaccinations. An application from Pfizer is expected soon.
Oishei Children’s Hospital infections specialist Dr. Karl Yu said adolescents are hospitalized there with bad cases of COVID. Of the ones who do get admitted, they are as sick. Many of them need oxygen. Many of them need to be intubated. The ones who get this MIS-C illness, it gets really complicated, in which we have multiple sub-specialties treating the patient at the same time because we are putting out multiple fires in multiple different burners, if you will, for that one kid, Yu said.
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