Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci The danger of pausing the J&J vaccine on Sunday shows the preview: Russia and US sanctions; tensions over the police increase; CDC vaccination campaign continues: Half of US adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine MORE, President Biden
Joe Biden, suspected of firing at FedEx, used two assault rifles he bought legally: U.S. police and China say they are “committed” to cooperating on climate change. DC goes to the dogs: Major and Champ, i.e. MOREThe chief medical adviser on Sunday said he believed Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine would return this week in “shape or form” after it was paused due to concerns about a possible link to rare blood clots. .
Fauci, who appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union,” said he believed the vaccine administration would “get back on track” by Friday.
Host Dana Bash
Dana BashArkansas Gov. says Trump’s “divisive” attacks on Republican Party officials are not “helpful.” China for COVID-19 MORE he noted that advisors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are scheduled to meet Friday and asked Fauci if a decision would be made during that meeting.
“Well, I think we’ll have a decision right now. Now, I don’t want to get ahead of the CDC and the [Food and Drug Administration] and the advisory committee, but I imagine what we will see is that he would come back and come back on some kind of alert or restriction, ”Fauci said.
“Again, I don’t know. I don’t want to be in front of them, but they keep asking me. I think we’ll get it back somehow or other,” Fauci added. “I hope we don’t see anything lengthy beyond Friday. We have to make some decision on Friday one way or another.”
Johnson & Johnson vaccine administration stopped last week after officials observed six blood clots from the nearly 7 million doses that have been administered in the United States. Many health officials have expressed concern that the pause of the vaccine would feed the hesitation.