“Federal health agencies on Tuesday called for an immediate pause in use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine after six recipients in the United States developed a rare disorder involving blood clots within about two weeks of vaccination,” the New York Times reports.
U.S. Pauses Use of J&J Vaccine
Overreaction? With nearly 7 million having received the J&J vaccine so far, this is literally a one in a million chance. Philip Bump has a good visual.
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