*Update….
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, signed off Sunday on Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot Covid-19 vaccine for those 18 years of age and older as the federal government prepares to ship out millions of doses this week.
Walensky’s green light comes after an advisory panel to the CDC voted unanimously to recommend the use of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine….
The J&J vaccine will be third Covid-19 vaccine to be distributed across the United States….
It is not as effective as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine’s, against Covid but it’s advantage is it’s a one shot application…None of the tested people got severely sick….
The review, although positive, was more nuanced than regulators’ assessments of the first two coronavirus vaccines, reflecting a pandemic that has entered a more complicated phase as variants capable of slipping by some aspects of immunity have emerged. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 85 percent effective at preventing severe illness, including in a region dominated by a concerning variant, but only 66 percent protective overall when moderate cases were included….
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The review found vaccine efficacy against severe covid-19 “was similarly high across the United States, South Africa, and Brazil.”
“We know this vaccine prevents 85 percent of the severe disease … It was 100 percent effective in preventing hospitalization and deaths, and that’s really what’s important,” said Nancy M. Bennett, a professor of medicine and public health sciences at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. “Those facts are the most important thing to recognize”….
In case anyone is interested,I have received both of my shots(Moderna).
good to hear. Any sort of reaction?
My parents just got their 2nd Pfizer shots on Monday and were surprised to have virtually no reaction at all.
Very little.
Nothing after the first shot.
After the second dose minor body aches that lasted a few hours.
Then again, the aches could have just bern from getting old!
Good for U Jack!
Any reaction to the second shot?
Sorry
Didn’t see ur response
Again..
Good !
Missouri continues to be terrible rolling out the vaccine. My 80 yr old mother still can’t get an appointment.
But we have more vaccines than needed in rural counties 4 hours away from the 2 metro areas where the vast majority of Missourians live.
Same with me, although I think my arm was a little sorer after the first Pfizer shot than after the second.
There’s all kinds of relatively-minor effects that could have started or aggravated after the vaccination, but I think that was just regular fatigue due to dehydration (indoor heating), irregular sleep, boredom, inactivity, shortage of fresh air & exercise, lack of stimulation, etc., etc.
Good for u also DSD!
I got both mine as well (Moderna)…no side effects on either shot except it felt like I got birthday punches from a skeleton that hit me in the arm with just its knuckle…
Local spot?
Update on J&J One shot vaccine….
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee endorsed Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday, with panel members framing the shot as a crucial third option to vaccinate millions of Americans.
The vote clears the way for the agency to authorize the vaccine’s use in the coming days. The FDA “will rapidly work toward finalization and issuance of an emergency use authorization,” its top vaccine regulator, Peter Marks, and acting commissioner, Janet Woodcock, said in a statement shortly after the vote. “The agency has also notified our federal partners involved in vaccine allocation and distribution so they can execute their plans for timely vaccine distribution.”…
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Johnson & Johnson one shot vaccine has been approved for the public by the FDA….
Becoming the three vaccine available to the American public…