PARIS?
>> BRANDIS A MAJOR HICCUP TODAY
FOR ONE OF THE MAIN COVID-19
VACCINES OUT OF CAUTION,
ILLINOIS STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS
ORDERED ALL CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
PROVIDERS TO PAUSE THE
ADMINISTERING OF JOHNSON &
JOHNSON'S VACCINE AS FEDERAL
OFFICIALS REVIEWED DATA
INVOLVING SIX WOMEN WHO GOT A
RARE AND SEVERE TYPE OF BLOOD
CLOT AFTER THE ONE-DOSE VACCINE.
CHICAGO'S PUBLIC HEALTH
COMMISSIONER SPOKE ABOUT THE
NEWS.
>> WITH FEWER THAN 50,000 PEOPLE
HAVING GOTTEN THE J & J VACCINE
THE RATE OF THIS SEVERE SIDE
EFFECT WE'RE SEEING IS ONE IN A
MILLION.
I WOULD BE --
I WOULD NOT STATISTICALLY
NECESSARILY EXPECT ANYBODY IN
CHICAGO TO HAVE ONE OF THESE
EVENTS BUT IT IS POSSIBLE.
>> AND JOINING US IS Dr. EMILY
LANDON, EXECUTIVE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR FOR INFECTION
PREVENTION AND CONTROL AT U
CHICAGO MEDICINE.
Dr. LANDON THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US AGAIN.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE SIX
REPORTED BLOOD CLOT CASES TIED
TO THE J & J VACCINE?
>> YEAH, SO THESE WOMEN HAD A
BLOOD CLOT IN THE BLOOD SUPPLY
IN THE BRAIN.
SIMILAR TO A STROKE.
THESE ARE NOT THE BLOOD CLOTS WE
SEE SOMETIMES IN WOMEN OF THE
SAME AGE GROUP WHERE THEY GET A
BLOOD CLOT IN THEIR LEG OR LUNG
THESE ARE MORE SERIOUS AND THEY
ARE RELATED TO A LOW LEVEL OF
BLOOD PLATELETS AND THAT
SUGGESTS THERE IS AN IMMUNE
RESPONSE AGAINST THE PLATELETS
WHICH CREATES THIS BLOOD CLOT.
>> FOR THOSE THAT RECEIVED
RECEIVED THE SHOT, YOU HEARD
IT'S ONE IN A MILLION CASES.
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE THOSE
WHO MIGHT BE WORRIED RIGHT NOW?
>> FIRST OF ALL YOU ARE MORE
LIKELY TO GET STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING THAN YOU ARE TO HAVE
THIS REACTION TO THE JOHNSON &
JOHNSON VACCINE.
ONE IN A MILLION EVERY EVERYONE
EXCEPT FOR ONE WAS SUCCESSFULLY
TREATED.
SO THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TAKE
A DEEP BREATH AND DO NOT PANIC.
ALL OF THE CASES HAPPENED WITHIN
15 OR 16 DAYS OF THE SHOT BEING
GIVEN AND THEY ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHO IS AT THE HIGHEST
RISK AND WHICH GROUP IS SORT OF
GOING TO BE THE MOST RISK AND
THEY ARE CASTING A WIDE NET.
IF YOU GOT JOHNSON & JOHNSON
VACCINE IF YOU HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS
NUMBNESS, TINGLING, STROKE LIKE
SYMPTOMS OR TROUBLE BREATHING,
ANYTHING CONCERNING, PLEASE CALL
YOUR DOCTOR.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
TALK YOU THROUGH IT AND WORK
WITH YOU, CHANCES ARE GREAT AS
Dr. ARWADY SAID THAT NO ONE IN
ILLINOIS IS GOING TO HAVE ANY OF
THESE SIDE EFFECTS.
ONE IN A MILLION IS SO SMALL
THAT SHOULD GIVE EVERYONE
CONFIDENCE IN HOW INCREDIBLY
CAREFUL OUR FDA AND OUR CDC ARE
IN TERMS OF WATCHING WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH THE VACCINES.
>> AND SPEAKING OF THAT RATE,
Dr. FAUCI ADDRESSED THAT
EARLIER TODAY.
LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN NOW 120
MILLION PEOPLE THAT HAVE
RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF A
VACCINE.
MOST OF THAT SUBTRACT THE 6.85
MILLION IS IN THE MESSENGER RNA
FROM PFIZER AND FROM MODERNA.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO RED FLAGS
SIGNALS FROM THOSE.
SO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TENS
AND TENS AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED VACCINE WITH
NO ADVERSE EFFECT.
THIS IS A REALLY RARE EVENT.
>> A VERY RARE EVENT Dr.
LANDON WHY THEN WITH ONLY SIX
CASES OUT OF SEVEN MILLION THE
PAUSE HERE?
>> ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AND
MAKING SURE WE CAN KEEP
EVERYONE'S CONFIDENCE IN
VACCINES.
THERE ARE TONS OF DRUGS ON THE
MARKET PEOPLE WATCHING I TAKE A
MEDICATION THAT HAS A SERIOUS
SIDE EFFECT THAT HAPPENS MUCH
MORE FREQUENTLY THAN ONE IN A
MILLION.
AND I NEED THAT MEDICINE FOR
ANOTHER PROBLEM IN MY LIFE.
SO I TAKE THAT MEDICINE.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT
THERE TAKING MEDICINES LIKE THAT
THAT DON'T EVER WORRY ABOUT
HAVING THAT PROBLEM.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO A
VACCINE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO
PREVENT SOMETHING IT'S BEST TO
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON
BEFORE WE TAKE A PAUSE, LOOK AT
THE DATA, MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL
THE INFORMATION AND THEN I THINK
WE WILL SEE A MORE LIMITED
INDICATION THEY WILL SAY FOR
THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WE ARE
CERTAIN THAT THE JOHNSON &
JOHNSON VACCINE IS SAFE.
AND EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD GET
MODERNA AND PFIZER THAT IS
PROBABLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
NEXT.
AND I THINK THE BEST THING IS
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS
INCREDIBLY LOW RISK.
IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT IT'S
CONNECTED YET.
>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR
CHICAGO'S VACCINE AVAILABILITY
AND COOK COUNTY'S AND THE STATE
OF ILLINOIS?
>> THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
QUESTION FOR Dr. ARWADY.
WE ARE THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES
GIVING JOHNSON & JOHNSON
VACCINES.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON IS THE FASTEST
WAY IMMUNE TO COVID WHICH IS
IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW SINCE WE
HAVE A WAVE OF INFECTIONS COMING
OUR WAY FROM ABOVE US AND NORTH
OF US.
AND FROM INSIDE OUR CITY.
BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING WE CAN DO NOW IS JUST GET
ON A LIST TO GET A VACCINE, GET
WHATEVER VACCINE YOU ARE ABLE TO
GET.
ONCE JOHNSON & JOHNSON IS BACK
TO PROVIDING THE VACCINE TO
WHOMEVER IS AN APPROPRIATE RISK
LEVEL POLICE CONTINUE TO TRUST
THEY ARE BEING EXTRA CAREFUL
SUPER CAREFUL.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT JOHNSON &
JOHNSON VACCINE WILL EVENTLY
COME BACK ON-LINE IN CHICAGO AND
AROUND THE COUNTRY?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS VACCINE IS INCREDIBLY SAFE
WITH ONE IN A MILLION PEOPLE
POTENTIALLY HAVING A REACTION
THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE
VACCINE.
AND SEEMS TO BE IN A SPECIFIC
AGE GROUP OF A SPECIFIC GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN TAKE
THEM OUT OF THE POOL TO GET
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE.
>> ARE WOMEN BETWEEN LIKE 18-48?
THAT IS THE POOL THERE?
>> WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE.
THAT IS AN AGE GROUP THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY TO HAVE AUTOIMMUNE
DISEASE AND BLOOD CLOTTING AND
THAT IS THE SAME AGE GROUP WE
ARE SEEING THESE PARTICULAR
CLOTS.
OTHERS CAN GET THE CLOTS AND
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEARCH
THROUGH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
GOTTEN THIS VACCINE TO MAKE SURE
THERE ARE NOT OTHER AGE GROUPS
AT RISK.
THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE IN
EUROPE IS APPROVED ONLY FOR THE
PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 50, BUT
NOBODY OVER 50 OR 60 HAS HAD A