State calls for temporary pause of J&J vaccine
State officials today called for the temporary pause of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine against COVID-19.
The announcement from Gov. Mike DeWine’s office came in response after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a pause in using the vaccine following extremely rare blood-clotting of six women nationally receiving the vaccine. At least 6.8 million people have received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine in the United States.
The vaccine pause will likely result in a shortage of vaccines nationally.
It’s also forced the Youngstown City Health District to cancel vaccination clinics at Youngstown State University today and at the Covelli Centre Wednesday and April 22, said Erin Bishop, health commissioner.
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DEAR EDITOR:
I am writing to commend the Youngstown City Health District on its COVID-19 vaccine distribution at OCCHA recently. After hearing many complaints from numerous family and friends about other distribution sites, both locally and across the country, with extended waits, delayed appointments, inadequate indoor waiting areas resulting in being exposed to frigid temperatures or uncomfortable cars and the lack of sufficient parking, our experience could not have been better.
My 101-year-old father and I arrived about 10 minutes before our appointed time. The parking coordinator facilitated a spot near the door, since my dad uses a motorized wheelchair. We were immediately greeted as we entered the building and taken directly to a large, socially-distanced waiting room. The check-in and paperwork was simple and easily understandable. In very short order, we were escorted to another room where we almost immediately received our shots. The post-