What to know about the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine People really do need to get the vaccine that s available to them as soon as they can, said Dr. Rick Kennedy, co-director of Mayo Clinic s Vaccine Research Group. Author: Heidi Wigdahl Updated: 10:23 PM CST March 4, 2021
ROCHESTER, Minnesota The first doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Minnesota on Wednesday. The state received 45,200 doses this week.
Overall in clinical trials, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was 66% effective in preventing moderate to severe COVID-19 in its global Phase 3 trial but 72% effective in the United States.
Both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna reported about 95% effectiveness in their clinical trials. But those numbers don t tell the whole story.
When getting vaccinated against covid-19, there’s no sense being picky. You should take the first authorized vaccine that’s offered, experts say.
The newest covid vaccine on the horizon, from Johnson & Johnson, is probably a little less effective at preventing sickness than the two shots already being administered around the U.S., from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. On Saturday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after reporting it showed about 66% effectiveness at preventing covid illness in a 45,000-person trial. No one who received the vaccine was hospitalized with or died of the disease, according to the data released by the company and FDA. As many as 4 million doses could be shipped out of J&J’s warehouses beginning this week.
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