The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is again in distribution in Oklahoma, with the state well being division permitting suppliers to formally begin giving it out once more.That is after new steerage that was handed down by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention and the Meals and Drug Administration.”(The) FDA and CDC launched the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be used in our vaccination efforts in opposition to COVID-19 in the US,” mentioned Dr. Dale Bratzler, chief COVID-19 officer for OU Well being.The brand new steerage comes after federal regulators put a brief maintain on the vaccine whereas they investigated a handful of circumstances of extreme blood clots that occurred in youthful ladies.”They did an intensive investigation of the circumstances of blood clots that occurred with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and so they apparently recognized 15 circumstances. That was out of 8 million doses of the vaccine. So, once more, the incidents are extremely low,” Bratzler mentioned.The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will now have a warning label in regards to the uncommon situations of blood clots.”Typically, I feel the vaccine continues to be very secure,” Bratzler mentioned.Bratzler spoke with KOCO 5 about vaccine hesitancy now that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is out there.”I actually would not second guess vaccine primarily based on this one occasion. Your danger of hospitalization or issues is far, a lot larger than any very uncommon danger of a complication from the vaccines,” he mentioned. “The opposite necessary level to recollect is now that we all know what occurs with these clots and we all know the signs, we all know the way to deal with it.”So, how shut is Oklahoma to herd immunity?”We’re nonetheless fairly a ways in which we solely rely vaccinations. So, the final time I regarded on the knowledge, final week, we had been at about 37% of Oklahomans have had at the least one dose of the vaccine, and solely round 1 / 4 of the inhabitants was totally vaccinated,” Bratzler mentioned.
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is again in distribution in Oklahoma, with the state well being division permitting suppliers to formally begin giving it out once more.
That is after new steerage that was handed down by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention and the Meals and Drug Administration.
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“(The) FDA and CDC launched the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be used in our vaccination efforts in opposition to COVID-19 in the US,” mentioned Dr. Dale Bratzler, chief COVID-19 officer for OU Well being.
The brand new steerage comes after federal regulators put a brief maintain on the vaccine whereas they investigated a handful of circumstances of extreme blood clots that occurred in youthful ladies.
“They did an intensive investigation of the circumstances of blood clots that occurred with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and so they apparently recognized 15 circumstances. That was out of 8 million doses of the vaccine. So, once more, the incidents are extremely low,” Bratzler mentioned.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine will now have a warning label in regards to the uncommon situations of blood clots.
“Typically, I feel the vaccine continues to be very secure,” Bratzler mentioned.
Bratzler spoke with KOCO 5 about vaccine hesitancy now that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is out there.
“I actually would not second guess vaccine primarily based on this one occasion. Your danger of hospitalization or issues is far, a lot larger than any very uncommon danger of a complication from the vaccines,” he mentioned. “The opposite necessary level to recollect is now that we all know what occurs with these clots and we all know the signs, we all know the way to deal with it.”
So, how shut is Oklahoma to herd immunity?
“We’re nonetheless fairly a ways in which we solely rely vaccinations. So, the final time I regarded on the knowledge, final week, we had been at about 37% of Oklahomans have had at the least one dose of the vaccine, and solely round 1 / 4 of the inhabitants was totally vaccinated,” Bratzler mentioned.
