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Hundreds line up to get Covid-19 vaccine shots at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Feb. 8. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS file photo)
Vaccination campaign ready for new phase
After three months of vaccination across the U.S., a majority of American adults have gotten shots, and the effort will soon shift from mass inoculation to mop-up.
As of Saturday, 138.6 million people in the U.S. have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot. About 1.3 million more are getting a first dose every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the rate of new vaccinators is declining, even if were immediately cut in half, it would mean that six weeks from now more than half of the population of the U.S. and its territories will have had a dose.
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For Americans wary of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as it returns to use after the investigation of a potentially deadly side effect, health experts have a message: The system worked.
A recommended hold on the vaccine was lifted on Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration after a 10-day review of rare and serious blood clots in some people who had received the shot.
The small risk of clots from the shot is far outweighed by its protection against the coronavirus, an advisory panel said. In the next six months, the shot could prevent some 1,435 COVID-19 deaths and 2,236 hospitalizations, compared with a projected 26 possible clot cases, according to a presentation by the CDC.