PENDLETON â Eastern Oregon officials are raising concerns over vaccine hesitancy and adapting their efforts amid a national âpauseâ over the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine while federal health regulators investigate six rare reports of blood clots in women ages 18 to 48.
The six cases are among the nearly 7 million people who have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States as of Monday, April 12, with no other serious adverse reactions having been reported, according to the
New York Times.
âIâm worried that itâs going to drive anti-vaccine messaging and hesitancy further,â Umatilla County Public Health Director Joe Fiumara said of the pause. âThereâs a very small number of folks. Weâre talking less than one-in-a-million chance. I definitely think this is a move out of an abundance of caution, but Iâm worried that the messaging that will be carried with it is that the vaccine is not safe.â
In this March 31, 2021, file photo, a nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaxmobile, at the Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center, in Uniondale, N.Y. U.S. health regulators on Tuesday, April 13, is recommending a “pause” in using the vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
U.S. authorities said they are reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine.
The Oregon Health Authority on Tuesday morning asked the state’s vaccine providers to immediately stop administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Morrow County officials canceled a vaccine clinic in Heppner on Tuesday, April 13, after federal health agencies recommended that states âpauseâ the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine while officials investigate six reports of blood clots in women ages 18 to 48, out of nearly 7 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines administered so far.
âIt was going to be our last strong day in Morrow County,â Morrow County Commissioner Melissa Lindsay said. âThis is really depressing and disappointing and frustrating. We really want to get people vaccinated so we can keep moving forward, and as we see (coronavirus cases) going up around the state, itâs just concerning.â
Following feds, Oregon pauses use of J&J COVID-19 vaccine
April 13, 2021
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The Oregon Health Authority has asked the state’s vaccine providers to immediately stop administering the single shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
The move follows guidance of the federal government regarding the appearance of blood clots in six women, from ages 18 to 48, across the country.
Johnson & Johnson shots have been a small part of the vaccination campaign in the Pacific Northwest. So far, 81,255 Oregonians have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, out of almost 1.5 million who are fully or partially vaccinated, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
In Morrow County, emergency managers canceled the last day of an eight-day mobile vaccination clinic for agricultural workers and other harder-to-reach community members, organized with support from FEMA, that had been administering the Johnson & Johnson shot.
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