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.
All three major U.S. vaccines produced adverse reactions in more than 60,000 people nationwide. For each manufacturer — Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — just one-tenth of 1% of all people have reported side effects.
Georgia becomes third state to shut down Johnson & Johnson vaccine site after adverse reactions - CBS News
One tenth of 1% of all people have reported side effects? That's because people expect the side effects and don't report them. Of the people i know in my age range who've gotten the any of the vaccine, well over 50% (closer to 70-80%) have reported side effects, ranging from headaches, fever, chills, aches, etc. Counting people in other age ranges, it drops to closer to 50%, but .1% isn't even consistent with what is posted on the fact sheets of the vaccines themselves. Most people i know who've gotten the vaccines have been effectively out of commission for 24-48 hours after the vaccine, generally starting 8-16 hours after receiving it.
More disinformation in the article:
"The current vaccines that are out there in the public work against all of the variants," the CBS News medical contributor said. "Science is overcoming here. And that's why I think that by June we're going to overcome this virus in the United States and get to a new normal here."
There's no data to support that these vaccines work against "all of the variants". That's unsupported nonsense.
Unless of course, they want to claim that this site is spreading misinformation:
But with both vaccines, there was a significant drop in performance against the South African variant.
Those lab results were not ideal, but they weren’t exactly a surprise. In clinical trials, the Novavax vaccine was 89% effective in the United Kingdom but only 49% effective in South Africa, where B.1.351 dominates.
COVID-19 vaccines work well against California variant - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
I'm all for pushing health care measures to improve our safety, but lying about the efficacy and risks is not improving our safety, it's showing a disregard for it.
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.
All three major U.S. vaccines produced adverse reactions in more than 60,000 people nationwide. For each manufacturer — Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — just one-tenth of 1% of all people have reported side effects.
Georgia becomes third state to shut down Johnson & Johnson vaccine site after adverse reactions - CBS News
One tenth of 1% of all people have reported side effects? That's because people expect the side effects and don't report them. Of the people i know in my age range who've gotten the any of the vaccine, well over 50% (closer to 70-80%) have reported side effects, ranging from headaches, fever, chills, aches, etc. Counting people in other age ranges, it drops to closer to 50%, but .1% isn't even consistent with what is posted on the fact sheets of the vaccines themselves. Most people i know who've gotten the vaccines have been effectively out of commission for 24-48 hours after the vaccine, generally starting 8-16 hours after receiving it.
More disinformation in the article:
"The current vaccines that are out there in the public work against all of the variants," the CBS News medical contributor said. "Science is overcoming here. And that's why I think that by June we're going to overcome this virus in the United States and get to a new normal here."
There's no data to support that these vaccines work against "all of the variants". That's unsupported nonsense.
Unless of course, they want to claim that this site is spreading misinformation:
But with both vaccines, there was a significant drop in performance against the South African variant.
Those lab results were not ideal, but they weren’t exactly a surprise. In clinical trials, the Novavax vaccine was 89% effective in the United Kingdom but only 49% effective in South Africa, where B.1.351 dominates.
COVID-19 vaccines work well against California variant - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
I'm all for pushing health care measures to improve our safety, but lying about the efficacy and risks is not improving our safety, it's showing a disregard for it.
