Vaccine supplies not yet at targets; J&J pulled (4/14/2021)
Local COVID vaccination efforts are still making progress, but they suffered some setbacks this week. Federal allocations to Minnesota are still below the level state leaders said would soon be coming, and health officials paused administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine while regulators investigate the six incidents of vaccine recipients developing rare blood clots out of 6.8 million doses administered nationwide.
As part of their ongoing effort to carefully monitor the safety of COVID vaccines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spotted six cases of a rare blood clot in the brain among women ages 18-48 occurring 6-13 days after vaccination. Experts for both agencies will investigate, and officials wrote, “Until that process is complete, we are recommending a pause in the use of this vaccine out of an abundance of caution.”
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Wisconsin Supreme Court says governor can’t limit capacity By: Associated Press April 14, 2021
8:53 am
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Gov. Tony Evers’ administration does not have the authority to issue capacity limits on bars, restaurants and other businesses without approval of the Legislature, a ruling that comes two weeks after the conservative-controlled court struck down the state’s mask mandate.
The Supreme Court also ruled last year in a similar case that the Democratic governor needed legislative approval for an emergency declaration that shut down businesses early in the coronavirus pandemic.
Stopping the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines should not slow the rollout in Minnesota and Wisconsin very much, officials said, because they can rely on other vaccines.
Minnesota and Wisconsin health officials on Tuesday ordered clinics to pause using the product for the foreseeable future. The action followed a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommendation. Those agencies are reviewing data about an extremely rare type of blood clot that has been reported in six people who received that vaccine in the United States. As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of Janssen had been administered in the U.S.