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
Why, yes. I read that cousin it’s named after a bioweapons lab.
Odd, that.
Haha. Exactly.
These guys are just like all the other derps. Those who like to 'debunk' any revealed truth by 'killing the messenger' , mocking them for some phantom 'kook theory' or 'label' that they have successfully convinced people is CRAZY TALK.
It's a CIA tactic put in place and propagated by the CIA in response to the JFK assassination.
Look how they do that lady doctor (forget her name). Nothing she says can be true because 'aliens'.
Its such a b*tch tactic, but they sure love it.
Not until the current delusional era.
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)”
DugwayDuke wrote: Those who died with comorbidities were living with their comorbidities until they contacted COVID. IOW, they died from exposure to the COVID.
ransomnote: No. They were dying of their other comorbidities when forced to have a PCR test with a known false positive rate of 97% so that the hospital could bill for a Covid-19 death instead of pneumonia or other illness.
The CDC ruled that a person dying within 60 days of (fake) positive PCR test for any reason should be counted as a Covid death.
The CDC also ruled that no Covid test need be administered but Covid could just be ‘presumed’ which was a financial incentive for hospitals to ‘presume’ in order to get the extra Covid slush fund per patient.
... to inject people with RNA modifications that don’t prevent Covid 19. Brilliant.
ransomnote: “No. They were dying of their other comorbidities ....”
That defies logic because if that’s your criteria, then we’re all dying of something.
FOR THOSE HOSPITALIZED.
“You have to take the jab to find out what’s in it” — Little Tony “Mengele” Pelousy
bagster wrote: “And you know what else is more effective? Catching the sh*t and getting over it.”
Why not get the vaccine instead of taking a chance of being killed by the covid. The vaccine is 95% effective in preventing covid.
bagster wrote: “These guys are just like all the other derps. Those who like to ‘debunk’ any revealed truth by ‘killing the messenger’ , mocking them for some phantom ‘kook theory’ or ‘label’ that they have successfully convinced people is CRAZY TALK.”
You’re the one who told me to study up on QAnon if I wanted to understand what’s going on with Big Pharma and the vaccines.
Jane Long wrote: “(Oh, that’s right.....qanon, flat earthers, anti-vaxxers and faith mocking is ALL you CCP/CDC paid troll quacks have left.)”
You guys do a very good job of discrediting yourselves when you associate with QAnon and doctors who believe demons are impregnating women while the sleep.
Bro. We've spent how many weeks or months going over why people shouldn't take the vax?
You wanna start at page one again?
And no, its not 95% effective in preventing covid. You and your masters just made that number up out of their ass.
I tire of hearing made up boosheet being told like its truth. You are a fool to repeat it.
How could anybody possibly know that its 95% effective in preventing covid? Tell me how 'they' arrived at that figure.
Think. For the love of all things holy, THINK!
ransomnote wrote: “The other thing your kind does is fill up a thread with unrelated posts to discourage readers.”
Another hilarious post from the man who has posted 352 QAnon threads.
bagster wrote: “And no, its not 95% effective in preventing covid. You and your masters just made that number up out of their ass.”
Just like you’ve made up claims about pseudo COVID cures and the threat of extremely rare reactions to the vaccines???
Oh, yeah.....I forgot to add that to the FR VP/Quackers obsession list....your demon references.
I’ll add that to the long list of your obsessions.
Or, maybe it should be called....your possession 😂🙃
Its such a b*tch tactic, but they sure love it.
And speaking of aliens...
Well, duh.
Jane Long wrote: “Oh, yeah.....I forgot to add that to the FR VP/Quackers obsession list....your demon references.”
How could you forget Stella Immanuel, MD, America’s Frontline Doctors?
And, don’t forget, it’s not just demons. She 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.”
And, you look for her for medical advice? Perhaps, you’re the one who is possessed?
Well, there you go, again, DugwayBioweapon....with your Alinsky attempts to try to connect things that are not.
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.
She has recently asked the hateful, leftist media for an apology for smearing her for recommending HCQ for saving china virus patients....a treatment that studies have shown actually works.
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.
As far as her demon beliefs....I have no idea, I would imagine it has more to do with her upbringing, in Africa. She is a professed Christian, so, that could be another reason you are attacking her.
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.
Which is not surprising, considering Alinsky dedicated his Rules for Radical book to Lucifer, who you seem to be obsessed with.
But, again....I will add your demon obsession to the FR VP/Quacktors Obsession list.
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