The FDA and CDC just wrapped up a media call on their recommendation to pause the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Highlights:
- “FDA/CDC call just now seems to imply that the pause is mostly to prepare clinicians to advise, diagnose & treat patients who MAY develop CVST & related conditions due to vaccination.”
- “They are NOT seeing any similar cases in Pfizer or Moderna.”
- They expect the pause to only last a “matter of days”
- “This is a recommendation and not a mandate…out of an abundance of caution…”
- “They DO BELIEVE that this effect is similar to what is being seen with AZ vaccine.”
More via Yale’s Howard Forman:
FDA/CDC call just now seems to imply that the pause is mostly to prepare clinicians to advise, diagnose & treat patients who MAY develop CVST & related conditions due to vaccination.
Glad advisory committee will meet tmrw.
Hope this pause is brief. #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
They are NOT seeing any similar cases in Pfizer or Moderna.
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
They expect pause to “matter of days”. #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
They have consistently emphasized that this is an extremely rare phenomenon related to immune mediated (errant) response to ones own platelets. #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
Regarding whether this is an over-reaction: “we saw this pattern and realized that treatment needed to be individualized…wanted to get word out.” #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
“It was clear to us that we alert the public. We included the pause so physician community could learn what they needed to learn..” #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
“ this is a recommendation and not a mandate. ..out of an abundance of caution..”
On individual basis, provider and patient can make decision whether or not to take vaccine. #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
“It is possible we will learn of more cases. It is part of the reason we are taking the pause.” #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
Temporary pause is hopefully not going to have any meaningful impact on vaccine program, if at all. (He was NOT speaking of hesitancy, but only supply). #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
They DO BELIEVE that this effect is similar to what is being seen with AZ vaccine. #JohnsonandJohnson
— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 13, 2021