ST MARTIN, Mississippi – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is analyzing a case in Mississippi that may be linked to recent uncertainty surrounding the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Initially, federal officials reported that the possibility of the J&J vaccine contributing to the formation of unusual blood clots in six women, six to 13 days after they had been vaccinated, was being investigated.
But now a Mississippi man who was vaccinated against J&J during the week of April 5 is also being studied.
WWL-TV reports that Brad Malagarie, a 43-year-old father of 43 from St. Martin suffered a stroke three hours after the vaccine.
It is important to note that no link to the vaccine has been established at this time, but the CDC is investigating the case.
Malagarie was working in her Iberville office when she decided to leave and get a vaccine against COVID-19.
Hours later, he returned to work and was soon discovered not responding to his desk.
His aunt, who is also his manager at work, Celete Foster O’Keefe, said, “They called me and told me I had this vaccine and that something was wrong, we think it’s a stroke.”
WWL-TV reports that Brad is still recovering at Ochsner Hospital and doctors say the stroke occurred due to a blood clot in the main artery that carries oxygen to the brain.
Although CDC officials have not yet confirmed any link between the vaccine and the stroke, Malagarie’s family believes J&J’s shooting is responsible for the 43-year-old boy’s condition.
“He’s a healthy 43-year-old, and I thought about it right away, and I said be sure to tell the doctors he took the J&J vaccine and that, for me, that’s what caused his stroke, ”Foster O’ Keefe said.
He added that Malagarie has high blood pressure, which is a risk factor for a stroke.
Now, in critical but stable condition, the seven-year-old father is paralyzed on one side.
Her aunt described her physical and emotional condition and said, “Now she can’t talk and can’t walk. She’s paralyzed on her right side. She knows who we are and she’ll only cry when she sees us. At least we want her to be able to communicate, that he can walk and talk again, even if it’s not perfect. ”
According to WWL-TV, the Mississippi State Department of Health and Tulane vaccinologist Dr. Lisa Morici agree that the Malagarie case appears to be quite different from the six J&J cases the CDC is investigating.
Although the Malagarie case involved a stroke that occurred three hours after the vaccine, all women in the cases studying CDC have experienced a rare coagulation disorder in the brain that passed from week to two after the vaccine.
WWL-TV reports that 32 strokes have been reported to the CDC after one of three vaccines against COVID, that is, after nearly 200 million doses have been given.