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President Biden on Tuesday insisted that the feds have enough COVID-19 vaccine supply to blanket the country — after officials put a “pause” on Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose shot. “My message to the American people on the vaccine is, I told y’all. I made sure we have 600 million doses of [Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines] … not of either Johnson & Johnson and/or AstraZeneca,” the commander in-chief said to reporters at the White House. “So there is enough vaccine, that is basically 100 percent unquestionable for every single solitary American.” Biden’s comments came hours after the FDA and CDC issued...

COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters in the White House briefing room that the “pause” would not have a significant effect on the national vaccination effort, because Johnson & Johnson provides a small percentage of vaccines. That overlooks the likely impact of the FDA’s announcement on the public’s willingness to risk the shot. It also ignores the fact that 15 million Johnson & Johnson doses were ruined by a production error — on the administration’s watch. Biden has claimed, falsely, that he “turned around a slow-moving vaccination program” he inherited from President Donald Trump. That was always a lie:...

* U.S. FDA OFFICIAL SAYS ONE DEATH REPORTED DUE TO RARE BLOOD CLOT AFTER J&J VACCINE, ONE PATIENT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION * U.S. FDA OFFICIAL SAYS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO SEE WITH EITHER A LOW BLOOD PLATELET COUNT OR BLOOD CLOTS SHOULD ESTABLISH WHETHER INDIVIDUAL HAS RECENTLY BEEN VACCINATED * FOR PEOPLE WHO GOT J&J COVID-19 VACCINE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, RISK OF BLOOD CLOT EVENTS IS VERY LOW AT THIS TIME- FDA OFFICIAL * WE ARE NOT SEEING CLOTTING EVENTS WITH LOW PLATELET COUNT WITH COVID-19 VACCINES FROM PFIZER/BIONTECH AND MODERNA - CDC OFFICIAL * U.S. FDA...

As states around the country are working to distribute and administer doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, some governors are handling the responsibility better than others. While states such as West Virginia, North Dakota, and South Dakota top the charts for administering vaccines, ranking above a rate of 2,700 vaccinations per 100,000 people, other states such as California and New York are dragging their feet on implementation...