Update (4/14, 6:15 p.m. Et): The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) held an emergency meeting today to discuss the safety concerns associated with the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. While the meeting didn’t end with recommendations for a specific course of action — other than continuing the pause to allow for more time to look into the side effect — a representative from Johnson & Johnson presented updated safety information. There have now been seven reported cases of the rare blood clots in women who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.
- 4/14/2021
- by Elizabeth Yuko
- Rollingstone.com
As soon as pharmaceutical company Pfizer issued a press release on the morning of November 9th indicating that their Covid-19 vaccine candidate appears to have an efficacy rate of more than 90 percent, the reaction tended to go in one of two directions: The first was sheer excitement. We had just come out of a weekend where we learned of Joe Biden’s projected election win, and news of a Covid vaccine significantly more effective than initially thought felt like the cherry on top of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping sundae.
- 11/11/2020
- by Elizabeth Yuko
- Rollingstone.com
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