Opinion | Should Rare Side Effects Halt Use of a Vaccine?
To the Editor: Over the past few months, I have been taken aback by the number of conversations I’ve had with educated, worldly friends or acquaintances who have said they won’t get the coronavirus vaccine because of safety concerns or an aversion to vaccines in general. Ultimately, I find their reasoning selfish, privileged and entitled, considering what’s at stake. But the call by federal health agencies to immediately pause use of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose coronavirus vaccine after six recipients, all women, developed a rare blood-clotting disorder and one died will only not ...