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Come in. but that seems unlikely, willie. >> so despite that possible continuation in the use of the j&j vaccine, the white house seems to have written off the pharmaceutical shots. privately, senior health officials have grown frustrated with the companys production issues and concluded it can be be counted on until it gets the go ahead to resume shots. the company has faced several setbacks including a contractor mix-up revealing safety and hygiene concerns as well as the rare blood clot disor...

Happen an hour from now. >> the cdc is investigating another case of a woman that passed away after getting the vaccine. but were told it is under way and no conclusions can be drawn until it is ccompleted. all indications was that they would recommend lifting that pause given that this period has been a wait and see period. they say we have waiting and we have not seen a crush of additional indications demonstrating this condition, this rare blood clotting condition combined with low platelets....

Pettypiece, heidi przbyla is here in washington, and with us from miami is nbc news correspondent sam brock. the cdc advisory panel have been meeting throughout the day. i know youve been watching it. what are the takeaways and what are we expecting, when are we expecting an update from the fda on this issue? >> geoff, the headline so far, theres been no crush of additional data showing theres increased risk of these blood clots, these rare blood clots that we saw in a handful of individuals and...

Vaccine, the white house seems to have written off the shot. and they are frustrated with the production issues and have concluded it cant be counted on. and several setbacks including a contractor mix-up that ruined 15 million doses revealing serious safety and hygiene concerns as well as the rare blood clot disorder. according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation, if testing of the vaccine reveals more contamination, it could take j&j four months to replace doses at other facil...

Need as many people vaccinated as possible. the j&j vaccine is safe and effective. it can only be given or maintained with refrigeration. we can reach hard to reach populations and the more people that get vaccinated the better. we need 80% of the population to be vaccinated for herd immunity. and the johnson and johnson vaccine can help in that request. we also know that the rare events are just that and they have not occurred with the other two covid vaccines that are

Effort without it? >> there is some real frustration in the white house about how this has played out with johnson & johnson. we expect to hear some guidance today about the pause, which would be one road block cleared. but youre right, theres been serious missteps with johnson & johnson. there is suggestion, though, that they believe the white house that they still have enough shots domestically. but theyre facing a bit of a crisis point here. lets be clear. the vaccination point has been a suc...

Geoff. >> heidi przbyla, shannon pettypiece, and sam brock. thanks to the three of you. with me now is dr. michael osterholm, the director of the center for infectious disease research and policy at the university of minnesota. its good to see you, sir. heidi laid it all out for us. when you do the cost-benefit analysis, what do you think, should the fda resume the use of this j&j vaccine? >> i think it has an important role in our program, a single dose and one that is more stable in terms of...

The third vaccine, it was the third vaccine. pfizer and moderna preceded it and they dont have this risk. now the question will be, we basically put a scarlet letter on this vaccine, scared people about this vaccine, even though it has certain characteristics that are advantageous, single dose, refrigerator stable for months compared to the pfizer vaccine, which is refrigerator stable five days or moderna, refrigerator stable for one month. then the question becomes are there going to be people ...

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