What you should do if you took the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that s now on pause
Johnson and Johnson vaccine paused over blood clot concerns
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine has been paused after concerns over blood clots in a very rare amount of people. FOX 26 Reporter Ivory Hecker has the latest.
HOUSTON - Houston health officials are advising people on what to do if you took the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which has now been put on pause amid concerns about blood clots.
If you got the Johnson & Johnson shot, your window of concern for possible dangerous side effects is one to three weeks after the shot, according to Houston Health Authority Dr. David Persse.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Now that Texas has ordered coronavirus vaccine providers to
prioritize teachers for the shots, Houston ISD worked to separate fact from fiction on the vaccines through a town hall with educators Friday.
The school district, which employs more than 29,000 staff members, faculty and teachers, held a virtual town hall.
HISD recruited the help of a handful familiar authority figures who have become the top voices during the pandemic, including Dr. David Persse, the chief medical officer of the Houston Health Authority.
Ahead of the event, teachers were asked to submit questions about the coronavirus vaccine.
TEACHERS: Join us Friday (3/5) at 4:30 p.m. for a VIRTUAL townhall meeting, held in partnership with @HoustonHealth, to learn more from health experts on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Meeting link: https://t.co/NAjAAPmgg3pic.twitter.com/uhQirQUAWv Team HISD (@TeamHISD) March 4, 2021
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A closer look at what happened every time Texas relaxed the rules and reopened Marcelino Benito
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If history is any indication we likely know what will happen with COVID-19 in Texas in the next few weeks. And health experts fear it s not good at all.
To understand what might happen, it s important to go back over how we got here.
Through March and April of last year, Texas was nearly locked down. Stay home orders were working. The state was averaging less than 2,000 new daily cases. Statewide hospitalizations never hovered above 1,800.
On April 17, Gov. Greg Abbott decided it was time to open Texas up in phases. Bars, salons, restaurants, and gyms opened again with capacity limits throughout the month of May.
A passionate Mayor Sylvester Turner took to the podium to decry Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to end mask restrictions next week and open the state