RESULT.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> MIGUEL, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING US UP TO DATE ON THAT.
AS WE MENTIONED, NEARLY 7
MILLION FOLKS HAVE ALREADY
RECEIVED THE J&J SHOT.
A LOT OF FOLKS PROBABLY WORRIED
ABOUT
FAMILY MEMBERS.
LET’S BRING IN DR. JOHN TORRES
TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS MEANS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING.
SO WE’VE HEARD ALL ABOUT, GET
THE VACCINE, THE BEST ONE YOU
CAN GET IS THE ONE THAT’S
AVAILABLE.
NOW YOU’VE GOT THESE J&J VACCINE
TRIALS THAT HAPPENED.
DID THOSE CLOTTING CASES APPEAR
IN ANY OF THE TRIALS?
MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOLKS ARE
GOING TO BE WONDERING, IS THIS
VACCINE SAFE?
>> AL, I TOTALLY GET IT.
FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE VACCINE.
THESE DID NOT SHOW UP IN THE
TRIALS.
EVEN NOW, THERE’S ONLY A CASUAL
LINK BETWEEN THE BLOOD CLOTTING
AND THE ACTUAL VACCINES ITSELF.
LIKE MIGUEL TALKED ABOUT, THERE
ARE SIX WOMEN, ALL BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 18 AND 48, AND THEY ALL
GOT THESE CLOTS WITHIN TWO WEEKS
OF GETTING THE VACCINE.
THE CONCERN IS, THESE ARE RARE
CLOTS TO BEGIN WITH, AND THE
FACT THAT THEY GOT THE VACCINE,
THESE CLOTS HAPPENED, AGAIN,
THEY CAN’T MAKE A DIRECT LINK,
BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
LINK IS NOT THERE.
THEY’RE SLOWING DOWN ON THE
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE RIGHT
NOW, PUTTING A HALT ON IT A
LITTLE BIT WHILE THEY LOOK INTO
IT.
ONE OF THE REASONS THEY’RE DOING
THIS, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND, IS BECAUSE THEY WANT
TO MAKE SURE THE MESSAGE GETS
OUT TO DOCTORS.
THIS IS A CLOT THAT IS SO RARE,
AS DOCTORS, WE TYPICALLY TREAT
THESE IN ONE FASHION WITH A
CERTAIN MEDICINE CALLED HEPARIN.
THEY WANT US TO TREAT IT
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ON ONE INDICATION, THIS IS A
MESSAGE GOING OUT TO DOCTORS
MORE THAN IT IS GOING OUT TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC.
AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WANT TO
MAKE SURE IN THE OVERABUNDANCE
OF CAUTION, IT IS SAFE TO
RESTART THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON
VACCINE.
THEY’LL BE LOOKING AT THAT LATER
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
MY GUESS IS IT’LL BE SOME KIND
OF LABELING CHAKNGE, AND THEY’LL
RESTART THE VACCINE WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PEOPLE
NEED TO LOOK FOR IN CASE THEY
GET THE SHOT AND HAVE REACTIONS.
>> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS.
IF I’M A VIEWER AND SITTING AT
HOME RIGHT NOW, AND I’VE JUST
RECEIVED THE J&J SHOT, SHOULD I
BE PARANOID?
SECOND OF ALL, YOU TALK ABOUT
WHO IS MOST AT RISK.
DYLAN AND I CALL INTO THE
CATEGORY YOU MENTIONED.
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO WILL BE AFRAID, QUITE
FRANKLY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE IN
OUR DEMO, TO GET THAT
VACCINATION.
>> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HEAR THINGS
LIKE THAT, IT DOES GIVE YOU A
BIT OF A PAUSE.
SHOULD I BE GETTING THIS
VACCINATION?
IF YOU LOOK AT IT STATISTICALLY,
99.99% OF PEOPLE HAD NO ISSUES
WITH THIS.
ONE OUT OF A MILLION PEOPLE
ENDED UP GETTING A REACTION TO
THIS.
AGAIN, THEY CAN’T EVEN REALLY
RELATE THE TWO.
THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT TO
MAKE SURE THAT RELATION IS NOT
THERE.
WHAT THEY DID COME OUT WITH WAS
SOME INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAD GOTTEN THE VACCINE.
THEY SAID IF WITHIN THREE WEEKS
OF GETTING THE VACCINE, IF YOU
DEVELOP IS SEVERE HEADACHE,
ABDOMINAL PAIN, LEG PAIN,
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, SEE YOUR
DOCTOR AND LET THEM KNOW YOU GOT
THE VACCINE SO THEY CAN SEE IF
THIS IS AN ISSUE.
I CAN’T OVEREMPHASIZE THIS.
IT IS RARE TO HAPPEN.
THE FDA HAS DONE WHAT THE FDA
NEEDS TO DO, AND THEY’VE PAUSED
IT AT THIS POINT TO LOOK AT THE
DATA AND SEE WHAT’S GOING ON
WITH THE DATA, AND MAKE SURE
THERE IS NO CONNECTION.
WHEN THEY RESTART IT, THEY MIGHT
RESTART IT WITH OTHER
INDICATIONS, SAYING ONLY CERTAIN
PEOPLE SHOULD BE GETTING IT, OR
IF YOU GET IT, LOOK FOR THESE
INDICATIONS.
IT IS STILL A SAFE VACCINE.
>> DR. JOHN, SOMEONE VERY, VERY
CLOSE TO ME GOT THE J&J VACCINE,
PROBABLY CLOSER TO A MONTH AGO.
SHOULD SHE BE IN THE CLEAR NOW?
SHOULD SHE STILL BE LOOKING FOR
THOSE SIGNS?
DO THE RISKS GO AWAY AFTER, SAY,
THREE WEEKS?
>> AGAIN, THE WOMEN WHO HAD IT,
THIS IS VERY LOW NUMBER SO IT IS
VERY HARD TO LOOK AT THE DATA
AND SAY THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE,
BUT THE WOMEN THAT HAD IT ALL
HAD IT WITHIN 13 DAYS.
THE FDA IS SAYING LOOK FOR THESE
SYMPTOMS WITHIN THREE WEEKS.
ONCE YOU PASS THE THREE-WEEK
PERIOD, YOU CAN SAY, I PROBABLY
AM NOT IN THAT TIME PERIOD WHERE
I NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH IT.
LIKE I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME,
YOU KNOW YOURSELF BETTER THAN
ANYBODY ELSE.
IF YOU START HAVING THESE
ISSUES, SIMPLY GET AHOLD OF YOUR
DOCTOR AND SAY, IS THIS
SOMETHING I NEED TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT?
>> DR. JOHN, NOW WE HAVE THIS
PAUSE.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE PAUSE
WILL LAST?
WHEN WILL J&J VACCINATIONS
RESUME?
WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO THE
RATE OF VACCINATIONS IN THIS
COUNTRY?
WE’VE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.
I WOULD IMAGINE THIS PUTS A
CRIMP IN THINGS.
>> WE HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY
WELL, BUT THE BULK MAJORITY OF
THE VACCINES HAVE BEEN PFIZER
AND MODERNA.
LIKE MIGUEL SAID, ALMOST 7
MILLION J&J HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT.
PROMISED 100 MILLION BY THE END
OF MAY.
THAT’LL BE A BIG SURGE IN
VACCINE.
MY GUESS IS AT THIS POINT, IT IS
GOING TO CAUSE A LITTLE BIT OF
ISSUES BUT NOT A HUGE ISSUE
BECAUSE IT’S NOT THE MAJORITY OF
VACCINES THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT
THERE.
GOING FORWARD, IF THEY DON’T
RESTART IT, THAT CAN CAUSE A
BIGGER PROBLEM AND CAN SLOW DOWN
THE VACCINATION RATE WE’RE
TRYING TO ATTAIN.
HOPEFULLY THEY GET THE VACCINE
BACK OUT THERE AND GIVE IT TO
PEOPLE ONCE THEY FIGURE OUT
THAT, AGAIN, IT IS SAFE AND THE
CONNECTION IS NOT THERE.
>> IS THERE A TIME FRAME, YOU
THINK?
IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IS THERE
AN AVERAGE?
>> USUALLY, IT HAPPENS WITHIN A
FEW DAYS OR A WEEK OR SO.
THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE
DATA.
THEY’RE GOING TO COMB THROUGH
THE DATA, MAKE SURE THE
CONNECTION IS NOT THERE.
IF IT IS THERE, WHO SPECIFICALLY
IT’S THERE FOR, THEN WE START
IT.
LIKE I MENTIONED, MORE THAN
LIKELY, THEY’LL PUT A LABEL ON
THE VACCINE.
THAT’S FOR WHOEVER IS
ADMINISTERING THE VACCINE TO
CAUTION THE PEOPLE GETTING IT,
SAYING, HEY, IF YOU START HAVING
THESE SYMPTOMS, GO AHEAD AND GET
CHECKED.
OR IF YOU’RE IN A CERTAIN
CRITERIA, YOU MIGHT NOT NEED TO
GET THE VACCINE.
YOU MIGHT NEED A DIFFERENT
VACCINE.
MY GUESS IS THEY’LL BE DOING
THAT OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
I DON’T THINK THIS WILL BE A
LONG PAUSE.