Pa. resumes use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine April 28, 2021
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Randy Zerman of Lebanon gets a COVID-19 vaccination from Paula Sheaffer, a registered nurse from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, at one of the Penn State Health dedicated vaccinations sites in Hershey on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.
Pennsylvania has resumed use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, following a thorough federal review which reaffirmed the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness against the virus, according to the Harrisburg-based Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended lifting the a temporary pause imposed after a rare blood-clotting issue was reported in 15 cases among the 8 million people who received the one-dose vaccine.
Pa. resumes use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine April 28, 2021
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Randy Zerman of Lebanon gets a COVID-19 vaccination from Paula Sheaffer, a registered nurse from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, at one of the Penn State Health dedicated vaccinations sites in Hershey on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.
Pennsylvania has resumed use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, following a thorough federal review which reaffirmed the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness against the virus, according to the Harrisburg-based Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended lifting the a temporary pause imposed after a rare blood-clotting issue was reported in 15 cases among the 8 million people who received the one-dose vaccine.
For several months, public demand for COVID-19 vaccines far outpaced supplies. While Pennsylvania remained in Phase 1a for vaccine eligibility, Penn State Health was inundated with calls from patients asking when they could be vaccinated. Now that all phases are open and we have ample doses available, a different hurdle is coming into focus: Some people donât want to get vaccinated.
Historically, vaccine hesitancy comes from uncertainty about the need for vaccination, distrust of government or medicine, moral or religious concerns about vaccine production, and fear that a vaccine was rushed through development. It seems these same concerns surround the COVID-19 vaccines.