The United States will take steps to resume the application of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in the coming days, possibly with broader restrictions or warnings following reports of some very rare cases of blood clots, it reported on Sunday. leading expert in government infectious diseases.
In a series of interviews on news programs, Dr. Anthony Fauci said a decision will be made once advisers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are meet Friday to discuss whether to resume application of the J&J vaccine, which is a single dose.
“I would be very surprised if we don’t have a resumption in some way by Friday,” he said. “I really don’t anticipate that they’re going to want to extend a little more.”
Fauci, who is President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, believes federal regulators could resume the application of vaccines with age or gender restrictions or with a general warning, so that it is implemented in a way “a little different from how it was done before the break.”
The J&J vaccine has been in limbo after the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said last week that they needed more evidence to decide whether some cases of clots were injection-related and in this case. case, how great was the risk.
The cases are unusual: 6 reported among more than 7 million injections of the J&J vaccine. The clots were found in six women between the ages of 18 and 48. One person died.
Tuesday’s decision triggered swift action in Europe and elsewhere.
Fauci said he seriously doubted that the United States would permanently stop the use of the J&J vaccine.
“I don’t think that has to happen,” he said. “The break was to take a look, make sure we know all the information we can have within that time period and also warn some of the doctors who might see people, particularly women, who have this particular adverse event, to treat them properly “.
The vast majority of people vaccinated with this vaccine have had mild or no side effects. Authorities stressed that they have found no evidence of clot problems with the most widely used COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, which are those from Moderna and Pfizer.
Fauci appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” CNN’s “State of the Union,” ABC’s “This Week,” and CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
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