THANKS
THANKS FOR JOINING US+@ HERE AT 5:00. I'M SARA FRENCH.
AND I'M FRED SHROPSHIRE.
FIRST HERE AT 5:00.
WE START WITH THAT WARNING FROM
FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS TO
PAUSE USE OF THE JOHNSON AND
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FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS TO PAUSE USE OF THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON C+@ORONAVIRUS VACCINE.
THE FDA AND CDC ISSUING THE
RECOMMENDATION TODAY SAYING
THEY WERE INVESTIGATING A RARE
AN+@D SEVERE BLOOD CLOT THAT
COULD POSSIBLY BE LINKED TO THE
VIRUS.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE SIX REPORTED CASES OF
THE CLOT OUT OF THE SIX POINT
EIGHT MILLION JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON SHOTS GIVEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, ALL OF THEM WOMEN
BETWEEN THE AGES+@ OF 18 AND
FORTY EIGHT.
THEY ALL STARTED FEELING
SYMPTOMS+@ SIX TO 13 DAYS AFTER
GETTING THE ONE DOSE JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON VACCINE ONE OF THE
PATIENTS HAS DIED.
ANOTHER IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
WE DO KNOW NONE OF THE CASES IS
HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
NONE OF THE SIX REPORTED CASES
WERE HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
AS OF LAST NIGHT NORTH CAROLINA
PROVIDERS HAD ADMINISTERED TWO
HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO THOUSAND
DOSES OF THE JNJ VACCINE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT
THE VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE WHO+@ RECEIVED THE JOHNSN
AND+@ JOHNSON VACCINE WILL ONLY
EXPERIENCE THE EXPECTED
TEMPORARY REACTIONS.
THE STATE HAS TOLD ALL VACCINE
PROVIDERS TO PAUSE GIVING THE
JOHNSON JOHNSON VACCINE.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR
YOU THIS EVENING.
WE WANT TO START WITH NANCY
CHARLOTTES, CHLOE LESSNER WHO
IS LIVE AT BANK OF AMERICA
STADIUM WHERE ATRIUM HEALTH
GAVE OUT SHOTS TODAY.
CHLOE, THIS WILL IMPACT VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION IN OUR AREA.
YEAH, FRED, WE HEARD FROM BOTH
MAJOR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, THE
COUNTY AND THE STATE TODAY, ALL
OF THEM FOLLOWING THAT G+@UIDANE
AND WILL TEM+@PORARILY STOP
GIVING THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE SO SOME APPOINTMENTS
WILL BE RESCHEDULED.
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VACCINE SO SOME APPOINTMENTS WILL BE RESCHEDULED. OTHERS JUST SWITCHED SO THAT A
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WILL BE RESCHEDULED. OTHERS JUST SWITCHED SO THAT A DIFFERENT PRODUCT+@ IS+@ GIVEN.
BUT THE MAIN POINT SOMETHING
THAT EVERY EXPERT SAID TO US
TODAY IS THAT THIS IS RARE
THESE SIDE EFFECTS HAPPENING IN
JUST A FRACTION OF P+@EOPLE OUT
OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION+@ THE
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE
WILL STAY ON THE SHELVES FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS AFTER ONE IN
ONE MILLION OF THE DOSES GIVEN
LED TO A RARE BUT SEVERE BLOOD
CLOT.
THESE EVENTS WERE INCREDIBLY
RARE BUT THEY'RE S+@ERIOUS.
SO WE WANT TO BE ONE BE CAREF+@L
AND THEY'RE ON THE SIDE OF
CAUTION.
STATE HEALTH SECRETARY RANDY
COHEN SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 242
THOUSAND DOSES OF JMJ GIVEN IN
THE STATE AND THERE HAVEN'T
BEEN ANY REPORTS OF+@ THE RARE
BLOOD CLOTS HERE.
THE GOOD NEWS VACCINE PROVIDERS
HAVE A MUCH LARGER SUPPLY OF
THE FIZER AND MODERNA PRODUCTS
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN OUT
LONGER.
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON SUPPLY HAS
BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE ERRATIC
SO IT IS NOT THE PREDOMINANT
VACCINE AND NOW WE DON'T HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT SIGNIFICANT LOSS
OF VACCINE WHILE THIS DECISION
IS BEING BEING IRONED OUT.
+@THIS IS A BIT OF A SETBACK BUT
MECKLENBURG COUNTY HEALTH
OFFICIALS DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS
WILL CAUSE A MAJOR SLOWDOWN IN
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION.
THEY JUST HAVE TO ADJUST
PLANNED CLINICS WHERE JOHNSON
AND JOH+@NSON WOULD BE GIVEN THE
IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM AS WE WAIT
FOR ADDITIONAL DATA AND
GUIDANCE TO BE COMING FROM THE
FEDERAL STATE LEVEL, WE WILL
SHIFT TO TO USING THOSE TWO
DOSE VACCINES IN PLACES WHERE
WE MAY HAVE USED THE ONE BUT
WE'LL CONTINUE TO REASSESS THAT
AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILA+@BLE AND THE PAUSE IN
DISTRIBUTION MAY MAKE SOME
PAUSE+@ BEFORE ROLLING UP THEIR
SLEEVE.
BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THIS
IS A SIGN THAT SAFETY IS THE
TOP PRIORITY IS SMART.
I BELIEVE TO PAUSE AND TAKE A
FEW DAYS TO REALLY CAREFULLY
ASSESS THE SITUATION AND COME
BACK WITH SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
EXPERTS ON HOW WE+@ MOVE FORWARD
WITH THIS VACCINE.
SO+@ IT'S ERRING ON THE SIDE OF
SAFETY AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE
CAN ARGUE WITH THAT AT THIS
POINT.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY THAT THESE SEVERE
+@BLOOD CLOTS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED
WITH THE FIZER O+@R MODERNA
VACCINES.
SO THEY ARE STILL ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPOINTMENTS TO
GO OUT A+@ND GET THEIR SHOTS AND
+@WE'LL HAVE+@ MORE ON SOME
CONCERNS THAT THIS