CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Cook County has resumed using the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine and health officials are attempting to reassure people that it is safe.
Doctors Rachel Rubin and Kiran Joshi of the Cook County Department of Public Health said that while some may be leery of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because of the small number of blood clots, people do not need to worry.
“This pause with the Johnson & Johnson issue may have pushed some people away. But actually we've been having a lot of individuals that were signed up to get the Johnson & Johnson and they're saying we're gonna wait till it comes back because we want that just one shot like one and done and I'm happy and safe,” Dr. Rubin said.
Dr. Joshi echoed her, explaining that, public health experts and medical professionals feel that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe and effective.
“We have 15 cases out of nearly 8 million doses of vaccine administered. Those are odds of about two in a million,” Dr. Joshi said.
Dr. Rubin said people are much more likely to get a blood clot if they get COVID-19 than they are if they get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration on April 13 asked states to temporarily halt administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after it was revealed some recipients generated rare blood clotting after getting the shot. The pause was lifted on Friday.
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