Than a dozen people developed serious blood clots following the vaccine. Remember, that is fewer than a dozen out of almost Seven Million j j boes thats have been administered. St it was and is extremely rare. If the injections do resume, should they come with restrictions and warnings . Well find out today and todays decision is also a critical moment in the vaccine rollout. More than 89 million americans, 27 of the population are new fully vaccinated. The daily number of shots in arms is dropping. Cdc data shows the seven day average of new vaccine doses administered has fallen below Three Million shots per day for the first time in two weeks. What does that mean . Is this the moment to have a serious conversation about where we are in this pandemic . And how close we are to getting back to something resembling normal . Lets get to it. Starting with that meeting getting under way as we speak to decide What Happens Next with the j j vaccine. Elizabeth cohen is watching this. What are
More on that Climate Challenge ahead. Up first, today, a critical meeting this hour of Vaccine Experts to decide if Johnson Johnsons Coronavirus Vaccine will go back on the american market. A Committee Meeting today to assess more j j vaccine data and review a possible vaccine link to blood clots. The j j pause is now ten days old. A source telling cnn that perm nn perminant ely shelving the vaccine is off the table, but theyre considering a warning on each dose and restrict whoog can receive the single shot vaccine. The cdc underlines the importance of todays deliberations. I think the fda and i both feel strongly and the cdc feels strongly that we need to act swiftly after that analysis, but i do think theres plenty of people who are interested in the j j vaccine, if just for convenience as well as for a single dose option. Lets go through the latest numbers and show you just where the Coronavirus Fight stands. As that Committee Makes this key decision about the vaccine. If you look