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Need as many people vaccinated as possible. the j&j vaccine is safe and effective. it can only be given or maintained with refrigeration. we can reach hard to reach populations and the more people that get vaccinated the better. we need 80% of the population to be vaccinated for herd immunity. and the johnson and johnson vaccine can help in that request. we also know that the rare events are just that and they have not occurred with the other two covid vaccines that are

Effort without it? >> there is some real frustration in the white house about how this has played out with johnson & johnson. we expect to hear some guidance today about the pause, which would be one road block cleared. but you're right, there's been serious missteps with johnson & johnson. there is suggestion, though, that they believe the white house that they still have enough shots domestically. but they're facing a bit of a crisis point here. let's be clear. the vaccination point has been a success, full stop. they have a clear pass, every goal they've set in terms of getting shots in arm...

Geoff. >> heidi przbyla, shannon pettypiece, and sam brock. thanks to the three of you. with me now is dr. michael osterholm, the director of the center for infectious disease research and policy at the university of minnesota. it's good to see you, sir. heidi laid it all out for us. when you do the cost-benefit analysis, what do you think, should the fda resume the use of this j&j vaccine? >> i think it has an important role in our program, a single dose and one that is more stable in terms of how you hold a vaccine over time such that it should be used. i think the message that's being mis...

The third vaccine, it was the third vaccine. pfizer and moderna preceded it and they don't have this risk. now the question will be, we basically put a scarlet letter on this vaccine, scared people about this vaccine, even though it has certain characteristics that are advantageous, single dose, refrigerator stable for months compared to the pfizer vaccine, which is refrigerator stable five days or moderna, refrigerator stable for one month. then the question becomes are there going to be people who don't get vaccinated, only because this would be the only vaccine they would get, in which we m...

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