Reactions To Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccine Cause Rollout Problems
Eight people in Georgia suffered adverse reactions to taking the J&J vaccine, causing the state to pause vaccinations — at least the third state to encounter this issue. The CDC is evaluating the situation.
CBS News:
Georgia Becomes Third State To Shut Down Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Site After Adverse Reactions
Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine is facing a double dose of problems. Georgia is the third state to temporarily shut down a vaccine site after eight people suffered adverse reactions to the shot. Earlier this week, 18 people in North Carolina reported side effects, while 11 people in Colorado reacted to the shot with symptoms ranging from dizziness, nausea and fainting. "This is a really potent vaccine, and what we're seeing is some of that potency relating at a very rare side effect that we just have to be aware of," said Dr. David Agus, a CBS News medical contributor. (Battiste, 4/10)
Georgia Health News:
Reactions To J&J Vaccine In Cumming Not A Cause For Alarm, State Says
State officials are halting COVID vaccinations at a Cumming site after eight people had adverse reactions to getting a Johnson & Johnson shot there Wednesday. The CDC is evaluating the situation in the Atlanta suburb and in three other states – Iowa, Colorado and Michigan. (Miller, 4/9)
Insider:
Johnson &Amp; Johnson Had A Very Bad Week — But Fears Of Negative Reactions And Blood Clots Are Likely Overblown
Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine rollout hit several unfortunate snags this week — some far worse than others. ... The timing of these developments was unfortunate, experts said, but there's no reason to doubt the shot's safety yet. "You don't want to be fueling unnecessary worries about the safety of vaccines when you're still seeing an enormous outbreak and death rates all over the world from COVID," Art Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University, told Insider. He added that the side effects observed at the US vaccination sites were "absolutely trivial." (Bendix, 4/10)
And there are more reports of people contracting covid after being fully vaccinated —
ABC7 New York:
New Jersey Man In Hospital With COVID Despite Being Fully Vaccinated, Wife Says
Laura Eugene's husband is in the hospital fighting for his life. She says they got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine back on March 6. Eugene says on April 1, her husband started to feel sick. "He started to feel like he had a sore throat stuffy, his coughing and then he started to run a fever, started to feel fatigue. He just gets it every day -- just kept on getting a symptom," she said. Her husband tested positive for COVID on April 1, she says. Now he is in critical condition and is being treated for pneumonia as well. (Yang, 4/11)
New York Post:
Brooklyn Woman Gets COVID 3 Weeks After Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
She’s shot out of luck. A Brooklyn woman who managed to avoid catching COVID-19 throughout 2020 went down with the bug this month — three weeks after being vaccinated. Ashley Allen, 31, spoke to The Post by phone while quarantined in her Williamsburg apartment and in between calls from city contact tracers. The contact tracers “started asking me questions about what I was doing three weeks ago,” Allen said. “And I said I was getting vaccinated.” Allen was thrilled when she was able to book an appointment for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the Javits Center on March 10. (Levine, 4/10)
In other news —
The Washington Post:
Emergent Solutions CEO Received 51 Percent Compensation Boost In 2020
Emergent BioSolutions, the troubled manufacturer at the heart of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine production problems, gave its chief executive officer a 51 percent increase in total compensation in 2020, to $5.6 million, according to a public filing Friday. The annual proxy disclosure by the publicly traded company said CEO Robert Kramer received $893,000 in salary, a $1.2 million bonus, $2.1 million in stock awards, and $1.4 million in stock options. (Rowland, 4/10)
