Local experts weigh in on Johnson & Johnson vaccine and blood clot concerns This comes after the government paused rollout of Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday. Posted: Apr 13, 2021 7:01 PM Posted By: Jaewon Jung LANE COUNTY, Ore. -- After the federal government paused the administration of Johnson & Johnson vaccines due to its potential correlation to rare blood clots, local health experts in Lane County are giving insight as to why this may be. "So far there have been six events out of the 6.8 million Johnson and Johnson doses given out so far. None of them have occurred in Oregon," said PeaceHealth Medical Director of Infection Dr. Robert Pelz. "The AstraZeneca vaccine that's being used in Europe has exactly the same kind of clotting disorder. Both of these are engineered the same way. They use a virus to code the COVID protein."