Johnson & Johnson vaccine getting back in arms in Douglas County Share Updated: 7:56 PM CDT Apr 29, 2021 Share Updated: 7:56 PM CDT Apr 29, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript IT’S FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHOT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE TONIGHT. I’M DAVID EARL AND I’M ALEXANDRA STONE WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH TEAM COVERAGE BREE. JACKSON IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE GROWING CONCERN OVER THOSE HESITANT TO GET A VACCINE FIRST THOUGH. MICHELLE BANDUR’S LIVE AT THE METRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FORT OMAHA CAMPUS WITH THE COUNTY’S FIRST. J&J CLINIC SINCE THE FEDS LIFTED THE PAUSE MICHEL WELL DAVID, THERE HAVE BEEN THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY STREAM OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP HERE FOR THIS DRIVE-THRU CLINIC HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND DOCTORS TELL ME DESPITE THE PAUSE WITH THE J&J SHOT. THEY WANT YOU TO GO AND GET THIS SHOT. THEY SAY IT’S SAFE AND IT’S ONE AND DONE. THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE IS OFF THE SHELVES AND NOW GETTING INTO THE ARMS OF SOME OMAHAANS THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SET UP A DRIVE-THROUGH CLINIC THURSDAY ON THE FORT OMAHA CAMPUS AT METROPOLITAN IN HAWAII COLLEGE. IT’S ONE SHOT. IT DOESN’T REQUIRE ANY SORT OF SPECIAL REFRIGERATION. SO I REALLY SEE A LOT OF BENEFIT WITH WITH THIS VACCINATION THE VACCINE SAFETY COMPONENT. IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE MONITORING THINGS REALLY WELL. INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTORS TELL ME THE FEDS DID THE RIGHT THING BY STOPPING THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON SHOT TEMPORARILY 15 WOMEN AGES 19 TO 49 OUT OF EIGHT MILLION VACCINATIONS SUFFERED BLOOD CLOTS ONE DOUGLAS COUNTY WOMAN ENDED UP IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THERE’S NOW A WARNING LABEL FOR WOMEN IN THAT AGE GROUP WHO HAVE CHOICES WITH PFIZER AND MODERNA, TOO. I’M GLAD THAT NOW WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON THE EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FOR JOHNSON & JOHNSON, SO, YOU KNOW YOU GET THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN YOU GET TO MAKE THAT DEC. ISION THE DOCTORS ALSO RECOMMEND THIS VACCINE PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS LIKELY TO RETURN FOR A SECOND DOSE OF THE OTHER VACCINES MAYBE PEOPLE LIVING IN QUESTIONABLE HOUSING ISSUES, YOU KNOW SITUATIONS SHELTERS HOMELESS, YOU CAN EVEN ARGUE MAYBE SOME STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE YOU KNOW, NIGHT MIGHT NOT GET IT OR COME BACK THOSE SORTS OF FOLKS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR IT. AND DR. JONES SAYS BOTTOM LINE. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHICH VACCINE YOU GET. JUST CHOOSE ONE TO STAY HEALTHY BEING HERE IN THE HOSPITAL. WE’RE NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW SLEWS OF AN VACCINATED PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE SEEING UNVACCINATED PEOPLE GET SICK AND WE JUST FEEL AWFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT FEELS SO UNNECESSARY. WELL THE CLINIC HERE AT MCC GOES UNTIL SEVEN O’CLOCK TONIGHT AND YOU CAN JUST DRIVE UP YOU DON’T NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TELLS ME IT DOESN’T KNOW WHEN THE STATE WILL OFFER ANOTHER CLINIC LIKE THIS THAT OFFERS JOHNSON & JOHNSON HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, BUT I’M TOLD WHEN THERE IS ANOTHER CLINIC PLANNED, OF COURSE THE LET US KNOW AND WE’LL LET