Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — Written by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D. on June 3, 2021
Posted on 06/08/2021 8:20:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is the third COVID-19 vaccine that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized for emergency use. That means it’s been found to be both safe and effective.
It’s normal to have questions about any new vaccine, medication, or procedure. Below, we’ll address questions or concerns that you may have about the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
Before we dig deeper into the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, let’s review some key points:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA recommended a pause of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine on April 13, 2021. At the time of the pause, about 6.8 million doses of the vaccine had been given.
The purpose of this pause was to further investigate rare blood clots that had been reported after vaccination. It also served to inform healthcare professionals on how to identify and treat these clots, should they occur.
The reported blood clots occurred in the large blood vessels of the brain or abdomen and were associated with low platelet counts. The medical term for this condition is thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS).
Six instances of TTS, including one death, had been reported at the time of the pause. All of these cases involved women between ages 18 and 48 years old. Symptoms of TTS began 1 to 2 weeks after receiving the J&J COVID-19 vaccine.
At the time of writing, nine further instances of TTS have been reported, according to the FDA. Two of these additional cases were associated with deaths.
Yes. On April 23, 2021, the pause on the J&J COVID-19 vaccine was lifted. After thoroughly reviewing the data on the reported cases of clots developing, the CDC and the FDA concluded that the known benefits of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine outweighed its potential risks.
TTS is a very rare side effect of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine. According to the CDC, it occurs at a rate of 7 per 1 million female individuals between the ages of 18 and 49 years. Female individuals over age 50 years and male individuals are at an even lower risk.
If you’re a person assigned female at birth and you’re under 50 years old, it’s important to be aware of the risk of these blood clots as well as their potential symptoms.
If you have reservations about receiving the J&J COVID-19 vaccine, there are other COVID-19 vaccines available that aren’t associated with this side effect. These include the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
To authorize a vaccine for emergency use, the FDA must find that the vaccine is both safe and effective. The agency reviewed clinical trial data from over 40,000 participants as well as manufacturing information that Johnson and Johnson provided.
The FDA granted the J&J COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization (EUA) on February 27, 2021. It became the third COVID-19 vaccine in the United States to receive an EUA.
Additionally, both the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Medical Association (EMA) have found the J&J COVID-19 vaccine to be both safe and effective.
The phase 3 clinical trial of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine found that the most commonly reported side effects were similar to those of the other authorized COVID-19 vaccines. These side effects were more common in people under 60 years old and included:
These side effects typically happen within a day or two of getting the vaccine and will go away in a few days. They’re completely normal and a sign that your body is building an immune response.
Some much rarer side effects were also observed during the phase 3 clinical trial. These occurred in very few people.
Out of the 21,895 individuals who received the vaccine, only 7 people had a severe adverse effect that was considered to be related to vaccination. This is about 0.03 percent of trial participants in the vaccine group. These effects included:
The investigators did note some blood clot events. For example, 11 blood clotting events were observed in the vaccine group compared with 3 in the placebo group. Most of these participants had underlying conditions that increase the risk of blood clots.
The J&J COVID-19 vaccine is a viral vector vaccine. This means that it uses a virus to deliver the vaccine components. Let’s examine this in more detail.
An adenovirus vector is used for the J&J COVID-19 vaccine. Normally, adenoviruses cause respiratory infections in humans.
However, this adenovirus has been modified so that it cannot replicate within cells. This means that it cannot cause illness. It simply helps to deliver the vaccine components into your cells before being broken down.
To create the vaccine, the gene for the novel coronavirus spike protein was inserted into the adenovirus’ genetic material. The spike protein is normally found on the outside of the novel coronavirus and is used to bind to host cells.
It’s important to note that the genetic material supplied by the adenovirus vector cannot change your DNA in any way. Unlike some other types of viruses, such as HIV, adenoviruses don’t have the capability of integrating into DNA.
After the J&J COVID-19 vaccine is given, the modified adenovirus enters host cells in your body and releases its genetic material.
Your cells use the instructions in the genetic material the viral vector provides to produce spike protein, which is then transported to the cell surface.
Your immune system can see the spike protein on the cell surface and identify it as foreign. It produces an immune response, during which antibodies and immune cells that specifically recognize spike protein are made.
Should you come into contact with the novel coronavirus, your immune system will have been primed to recognize and defend against it. This can help to prevent you from developing COVID-19.
One of the main things that you may have heard about the J&J COVID-19 vaccine is that it requires just one dose instead of two. Why is this?
Early clinical trials tested both a one- and two-dose vaccine regimen. It was found that 90 percent of participants made robust levels of neutralizing antibodies 29 days after the first dose. Researchers found that levels of these antibodies remained stable 71 days after the first dose.
The extent and stability of this response prompted researchers to continue with the one-dose regimen in further trials. Trials to investigate a two-dose J&J COVID-19 vaccine regimen are also ongoing.
You may be wondering how exactly is the J&J COVID-19 vaccine different from the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. Generally speaking, there are three major differences:
You may be wondering why we didn’t list differences in effectiveness. This is because the clinical trials for the three COVID-19 vaccines were:
According to the FDA, it’s only possible to directly compare the effectiveness of the three COVID-19 vaccines with a head-to head clinical trial. Overall, all three authorized COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing COVID-19.
The phase 3 clinical trial of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine included people from several locations across the globe. It measured the ability of the vaccine to prevent both mild to moderate COVID-19 and severe COVID-19.
The J&J COVID-19 vaccine’s effectiveness at preventing mild to moderate COVID-19 14 days or more after vaccination was:
The J&J COVID-19 vaccine was also effective at preventing severe COVID-19 14 days or more after vaccination. In this case, its effectiveness was:
These findings are also notable because they provide information about the vaccine’s effectiveness for viral variants. These include the B.1351 variant first seen in South Africa and the P.2 variant discovered in Brazil.
The researchers note that most viruses discovered in both Brazil and South Africa at the time of the trial were variants. As such, the trial results indicate that the J&J COVID-19 vaccine is effective for these variants.
Now let’s examine the various pros and cons of the J&J COVID-19 vaccine.
The J&J COVID-19 vaccine is the third vaccine that has been authorized for emergency use in the United States. Unlike the other authorized COVID-19 vaccines, it only requires one dose.
Clinical trial data has shown that the J&J COVID-19 vaccine is both safe and effective for preventing both mild to moderate and serious COVID-19. It’s also been found to be effective against viral variants.
Common side effects of the vaccine are injection site reactions, fatigue, and headache. Severe side effects are very rare.
If you have questions or concerns about receiving the J&J COVID-19 vaccine, be sure to discuss them with your doctor.
Last medically reviewed on June 3, 2021
Maybe something about "But...but...they're on YouTube and Twitter, and Facebook, so they can't be real doctors".
Maybe something about "But...but...they're on YouTube and Twitter, and Facebook, so they can't be real doctors".
And Mrs Mith should get a special shout out, somehow. She's crazier than them all put together. And 'Cruise Guy' too, close second.
Haha. I'm gonna make your meme 17 pages. I'll hush now.
JUST IN: New study finds that the use of weight-adjusted hydroxychloroquine & azithromycin improved survival of ventilated COVID-19 patients by nearly 200% - medRxiv— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 8, 2021
Okay, wait.
200%? So does that mean they get an extra life, like in a video game?
Yes. We smarts knew Front Line Doctors and Trump were right when they opened their lips.
The dumbs take another 'L'.
I posted that to gassy, twice, and asked variously if he’d be forbidding / recommending that to his patients.
No answer so far.
- refer to them as "Trump vaccines" in an attempt to legitimize them via the disingenuous proxy appeal to authority...
Jane Long wrote: “No, never have sought her for medical advice. I’d forgotten about Dr Stella, honestly, so I did a quick refresh. She’s an actual, credited doctor, from Cameroon, Africa. She holds licenses to practice medicine (you know, REAL licenses that REAL doctors have) in Texas, Louisiana and Kentucky.””
Who also alleges: “... alien DNA is currently used in medical treatments, and that scientists are cooking up a vaccine to prevent people from being religious. ... she has said that the government is run in part not by humans but by “reptilians” and other aliens.”
Jane Long wrote: “She has saved hundreds of REAL lives (unlike the various Quacktors, here), with her HCQ/zinc protocol, when administered early and says she did not lose one patient, to china virus.”
Funny but several of the AFLD have claimed to have saved multiple lives but cannot provide any documentation.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90533
There is very little to substantiate the claim that HCQ cures/treats covid. For example:
Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths from COVID-19, and probably does not reduce the number of people needing mechanical ventilation.
Hydroxychloroquine caused more unwanted effects than a placebo treatment, though it did not appear to increase the number of serious unwanted effects.
The authors do not think new studies of hydroxychloroquine should be started for treatment of COVID-19.
Are you so eager to post information critical of the vaccines that you don’t investigate your sources?
Jane Long wrote: “You and your FR VP cohorts do follow your mentor, Saul Alinsky, well, in your attempts to connect anyone here who merely questions the safety and efficacy of these experimental, unproven biological agents, to her beliefs.”
It’s not a matter of questioning these vaccines. It’s a matter of constantly posting misleading and inaccurate information from questionable sources.
Jane Long wrote: “Which is not surprising, considering Alinsky dedicated his Rules for Radical book to Lucifer, who you seem to be obsessed with.”
I’m not at all obsessed with Lucifer or Demons. You and your medical advisors happen to be.
grey_whiskers wrote: “Try this one from a Q thread.”
If you believe QAnon, then you’ll believe anything
Q was all over it.
I just don't feel like going finding them for this mutt. It's hard looking them damn things up sometimes, if you don't get the right keyword (search engine/keywords). I gotta be in a mood, plus I'm not the best searcher.
Now edzo. He could snap his fingers and find anything. Member him? I think he got banned. He liked to cuss people out in private mail, but he sure could scrap. One of my favorite wing men.
HI EDZO!!!
*wave*
refer to them as “Trump vaccines” in an attempt to legitimize them via the disingenuous proxy appeal to authority
Great idea. I’ll have to keep a temporary side list, for updates :-)
Stop lying, DugwayBioweaponsLab....it’s YOU and YOUR BigPharma/CCP Paid/against proven, cost effective treatments that won’t make you a dime gang.
We’re done. You’re exposed for the CCP tool that you are.
Yeah, you’re a troll — you didn’t even bother to find out what it said after you quoted @bagster about Q threads.
grey_whiskers wrote: “Yeah, you’re a troll — you didn’t even bother to find out what it said after you quoted @bagster about Q threads.”
I did read the post he linked and found nothing there beyond typical cult conspiracy trash.
Jane Long wrote: “Stop lying, DugwayBioweaponsLab....it’s YOU and YOUR BigPharma/CCP Paid/against proven, cost effective treatments that won’t make you a dime gang. We’re done. You’re exposed for the CCP tool that you are.”
Funny, you advocate treatments not proven effective while rejecting the vaccines that have been proven safe and effective.
Oh, you mean the part about COVID being used to stop Trump rallies and cover up the nobody showing up for Biden rallies is typical cult conspiracy trash?
Like I said, you're a troll.
Just demonstrating for the lurkers.
You are too ignorant to even talk about Q, other than rattle off the derp state psyop against it, like the drone that you are.
Pipe down, normie.
That's cause you can't 'Expand your thinking', and realize what the message is REALLY talking about, and how it relates to everything else. You just see the one time surface of it.
Its why you can't understand why this vax thing is f'd up, and part of the larger struggle.
Because you're personally invested, due to your background.
You're actually a waste of space in this conversation, and can be easily ignored and scoffed at.
Opposite talk.
The treatments HAVE been proven safe and effective, and your poison Chinee vax have not and ARE not.
You're so far down the road to Wrongville, that you may have passed it up completely.
Next stop, Retard Town.
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