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On Friday, a federal advisory committee will vote on what to do with Johnson & Johnson s COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine is on pause across the US after six reports of rare blood clots in young to middle-aged women who d recently been vaccinated.
Insider spoke with 5 of the 15 committee members. They said they re eager to end this pause.
America s top public health experts are itching for one thing: more information.
Ever since six cases of rare, but potentially life-threatening blood clots showed up in women who had recently been vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson s one dose COVID-19 vaccine, doctors and public health pros have been trying to determine whether this very, very rare event could be related to the shot.
City officials say wearing masks will be encouraged, but not required at the event.
So far, police have seen crowds of people without masks.
A Florida city is hosting a motorcycle rally this week that city officials expect will draw in more than 300,000 people over 10 days, according to a city official. Typically in the past, (attendance) was estimated between 400,000 and 500,000 for the 10 days over this entire area, Janet Kersey, a Daytona Chamber of Commerce executive, told Insider in a statement. This year we know because of continued COVID-19 concerns and the loss of income many have had over this past year, it will be less. A reasonable estimate would be around 300,000+, Kersey added.
More Childhood Lead Poisoning Is a Side Effect of Covid Lockdowns
Lead screenings for children plummeted last spring, and stay-at-home orders may have increased household exposure to the toxic metal.
A worker scraping off lead paint. The C.D.C. estimates that more than 20 million housing units in the United States contain lead-based paint, which was essentially banned in 1978.Credit.Jamie Hooper/Alamy
By Emily Anthes
Published March 11, 2021Updated March 12, 2021
Over the past half-century, public health officials have made enormous progress in protecting American children from lead poisoning and the irreversible neurological damage it can cause. Since the 1970s, the percentage of children with high levels of lead in their blood hasplummeted.