Washtenaw County scales back emergency mass vaccination efforts amid widespread vaccine availability
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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People sit in the waiting area at EMU s Convocation Center at 799 N Hewitt Rd. in Ypsilanti. (Jeremy Borton | St. Joe s)
ANN ARBOR – The Washtenaw County Health Department and local health care providers are decreasing mass vaccination clinics as vaccines are widely available.
Since shots are now plentiful, the need for emergency distribution strategies like the county’s mass vaccination sites at Eastern Michigan University and in Chelsea has decreased.
The Health Department will continue to provide COVID vaccinations at its offices and through smaller community clinics for walk-ins. Anyone 12 years of age or older is encouraged to get the vaccine at no cost.
Michigan halts J&J vaccinations as sites scramble to switch to Moderna or Pfizer
Michigan halts J&J vaccinations as sites scramble to switch to Moderna or Pfizer
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The U.S. is recommending those administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine stop doing so for now while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s office said Tuesday the state will heed federal warnings and halt the Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout as localities across Michigan scramble to switch appointments to doses of Moderna and Pfizer.
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Credit Oakland County Health Dept.
Michigan paused the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine today after federal health officials recommended doing so Tuesday morning.
As of Monday, 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been administered in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control is reviewing six cases where people got a rare and serious blood clot within two weeks of being vaccinated.
The CDC says treatment of this type of blood clot is different from what might typically be administered and is meeting Wednesday to review more information. The recommendations to pause administration of the vaccine have been made out of an abundance of caution the CDC said.