Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 13, 2021 Pharmacists Trish White and Katelyn Ylitalo oversee a vaccination clinic at the Sitka Firehall. Ylitalo says that there is Moderna vaccine available for those who don’t want the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but about half of the people who have registered for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine are going to “wait it out” until the national pause is over. (KCAW photo/Berett Wilber) Local health officials in Sitka are complying with national recommendations to pause the administration of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and the US Food and Drug Administration issued the advice this morning (Tuesday 4-13-21), “out of an abundance of caution” after 6 cases of a very rare form of blood clot disorder were identified among the nearly 7-million Americans who had received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.