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
“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.”
Does your immune system then kill your own cell? Hiw many (percent, count, etc.)? Is there any potential for harm by the attack by your immune system?
How effectively does your body rid you of the spike protein? Can it migrate?
How is the production of spike proteins limited? How failsafe is that?
In what organs does the adenovirus lodge itaelf? What are the long term effects on those organs?
If you’re a person assigned female at birth
WTF? There’s somebody doing that???
“This vaccine uses viral vector technology instead of mRNA.“ propaganda piece
Truth: adenovirus vector technology is a gene therapy recombinant DNA approach. Yes different from the mRNA technology, but why do they insist on withholding the rDNA aspect?
Do they not want people to realize they are becoming GMO humans with the JnJ vaccine?
Is that the wrong spin to get people to “get the jab?”
ransomnote wrote: “Actually the ‘vaccines’ don’t prevent infection and spread. When Pfizer and Moderna filed with the FDA, they stated they didn’t have data on infection and spread:”
The EUA was filed in Dec of last year. After seven months, we know better.
ransomnote wrote: “Here’s a study which seems to indicate adverse reactions to the Covid ‘vaccines’ result in the ‘vaccine taking more lives than it saves.”
Doesn’t even address that question.
Now, why not superimpose the over 600,000 American Covid deaths on that graph?
No new ‘news’ from Q today?
bagster wrote: “Oh. For a minute there, I thought you were talking about vaxed people. Cause they too, can (and do) ‘get the COVID and infect others’.”
The vaccines are far more effective than the snake oil remedies like Vitamin D.
Now, why not superimpose the over 600,000 American Covid deaths on that graph?
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Because the CDC says that only 5% of those deaths were from ‘covid alone’ and the other 95% were those with an average of 4 co-morbidities (hint: They died from other causes)
Even the remaining 5% or 30,000 deaths are likely not all Covid-19 because the PCR test does not detect the presence of the Covid virus, or the illness. So it’s likely comprised of a mix of illnesses.
Then that 5% could have been up to 85% smaller because there are many medication protocols which cut the risk of dying from Covid among the most vulnerable (elderly with comorbidities) by 85%.
So if they just, you know, treated sick people there wouldn’t be a problem.
The EUA was filed in Dec of last year. After seven months, we know better.
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The shoddy ‘trials’ were too small and too short and did not test ability to cut mortality, transmission, or how they impacted those over 55 years of age.
The trials couldn’t meet ‘double-blind’ study criteria because the pain and swelling of injection sites alerted many participants to which group they were in.
And now biased, casual observations and guestimates from a dishonest, treasonous Fauci/CDC are used to claim ‘we know more now.’
Well, we do know not to trust Fauci and the CDC, and certainly we know the ‘vaccines’ are extremely dangerous and unnecessary.
DugwayDuke: “Now, why not superimpose the over 600,000 American Covid deaths on that graph?”
ransomnote wrote: “Because the CDC says that only 5% of those deaths were from ‘covid alone’ and the other 95% were those with an average of 4 co-morbidities (hint: They died from other causes)”
Those who died with comorbidities were living with their comorbidities until they contacted COVID. IOW, they died from exposure to the COVID.
ransomnote wrote: “Well, we do know not to trust Fauci and the CDC, and certainly we know the ‘vaccines’ are extremely dangerous and unnecessary.”
We know that because QAnon told us so?
Exactly what are ‘Q’s medical qualifications?
Your kind always desperately tries to change the subject when unable to refute information.
ransomnote wrote: “Your kind always desperately tries to change the subject when unable to refute information.”
How many QAnon threads have you started?
“”If you’re a person assigned female at birth””
Has there ever, ever been a case where a doctor has “assigned” a gender other than the one the person was born with?
I mean, has a doctor ever, upon seeing that a newborn baby is obviously a boy, went and congratulated the parents on the birth of their baby girl?
The other thing your kind does is fill up a thread with unrelated posts to discourage readers.
I notice you said Vitamin D and not HCQ or Ivermecton.
And no. They are not more effective.
And you know what else is more effective? Catching the sh*t and getting over it.
But, since we are a nation of p*ssies, we still gotta listen to the shrill screeching of the Dugway Dukes of the world.
When did you nerdly weak-meats take over, anyway?
If a person needs a blood clotting medication, would the Johnson and Johnson not-vaccine be “safe and effective” at providing the needed clotting?
352, since you so kindly asked.
What have YOU done for Trump and America except bitch about sh*t and try to get people to poison themselves and further the Derp State takeover of this country?
What % vaxxed are the populations of these countries demanding YOU’ve had these experimental, unproven shots?
:-)
The VP just proved YOUR point.
Funny, that.
He claims they did bio-weapons there but stopped before he started working there.
So he comes from that environment.
Now you see why he defends and pushes the vax so hard? He's taking it personal like we are attacking 'HIM'.
Each one of these professional vax pimps has some kinda motive for doing what they're doing. The rest are just followers.
The uncommitted and unvaxed followers out there are lucky to have us, we brave but mighty few.
They may put statues to us up one day, when future humans finally defeat the mutated vax monsters that will come at them from their underground lairs, where they live because the sun burns their corneas.
#StayMotivated
“Well, we do know not to trust Fauci and the CDC, and certainly we know the ‘vaccines’ are extremely dangerous and unnecessary.”
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We know that because QAnon told us so?
Exactly what are ‘Q’s medical qualifications?
Nope, we know because of your boss FRAUDci’s very own emails. Where’s he’s repeatedly been busted....for lying, covering up, witholding information, on and on.
Even the MSM is reporting it.
But, you know that, Q obsessed vax-pushing troll.
(Oh, that’s right.....qanon, flat earthers, anti-vaxxers and faith mocking is ALL you CCP/CDC paid troll quacks have left.)
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