Johnson & Johnson had a very bad week - but fears of negative reactions are likely overblown Apr 10, 2021, 04:05 PM
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Three US vaccination sites temporarily this week.
The sites reported clusters of adverse reactions, but it s not known whether the shot was the direct cause.
European regulators are also
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Johnson & Johnson s coronavirus vaccine rollout in the US hit several unfortunate snags this week - some far worse than others.
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that 62 million of the company s vaccine doses must be checked for contamination, following an error at a Maryland manufacturing plant that already ruined 15 million doses. The plant s workers accidentally mixed up some vaccine ingredients last month.covid
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The claim: Vaccine-related deaths jumped significantly in the first quarter of 2021 compared with previous years
More than 108.3 million people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of April, but some anti-vaccine groups are using federal data to suggest those inoculations are unsafe.
But claims circulating on social media point to the CDC’s national early warning system used to detect possible safety problems with vaccines as evidence of their danger. One Instagram post claimed a “6000% increase in reported vaccine deaths” in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020.
But the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and other experts warn against using the data to draw conclusions about the safety of vaccines. Anyone can file a report in the system.
Replay: Whitmer update on Michigan COVID-19 response
Michigan s COVID-19 case rate was highest in the nation Thursday, at 492.1 cases per 100,000 people, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ryan Malosh, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, said children returning to in-person learning, youth sports resuming, restaurants expanding to 50% capacity and a high prevalence of the B.1.1.7 variant at the same time may be a perfect storm kind of situation.
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