ON
ON THE
ON THE LOOKOUT SINCE THERE ARE CHILDREN AROUND HERE. LEANNA HARRIS, ECAC, CHARLOTTE.
FEDERAL HEALTH OFFICIALS
CONTINUE TO STRES+@S AND
RECOMMENDED PAWS OF THE JOHNSON
JOHNSON CORONAVIRUS.
THE FDA AND CDC ISSUING THE
RECOMMENDATION EARLY THIS
MORNING SAYING THE+@Y WERE
INVESTIGATING A RARE AND SEVERE
BLOOD CLOT THAT HAD OCCURRED
AMONG SIX WOMEN WHO RECEIVED
THE VACCINE.
ONE OF THE PATIENTS HAS DIED.
ANOTHER IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION.
AGENCY OFFICIALS SAY WHILE THE
EVENTS APPEAR TO BE EXTREMELY
RARE, VACCINATION SAFETY IS A
TOP PRIORITY FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THIS IS CAUSING+@
CONCERN THAT PEOPLE WILL NOW BE
HESITANT TO GET THE VACCINE.
NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES SECRETARY MANDY+@ COHEN
REMINDED PEOPLE THAT THIS IS
VERY RARE AND THAT SHE ONLY HAS
NORMAL SID+@E EFFECTS AFTER
GETTING THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE AND IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THE+@ VAST, VAST
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED
THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE
WILL ONLY EXPERIENCE THE
EXPECTED TEMPORARY REACTIONS
LIKE SORENESS OF AN ARM OR
FEELING ACHY OR TIRED FOR A DAY
OR TWO.
THAT'S WHAT I EXPERIENCE WHEN I
GOT THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
SHOT AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO
THE CDC IS MEETING TOMORROW TO
REVIEW THE CASES.
JOINING US LIVE NOW TO TALK
MORE ABOUT+@ THIS HOUR DR. ROBB
AND CARLA ROBINSON+@.
HOW RARE ARE THESE THESE ISSUES
REALLY COMPARED TO HOW MANY
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I
THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
ADDRESS THAT THIS IS IN FACT+@
VERY RARE.
WE NOW KNOW THAT CLOSE TO SEVEN
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED
THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE
AND WE HAVE THESE SEVERE
COMPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING
IN SIX PEOPLE.
AND SO YOU KNOW, IN REAL
NUMBERS WE'RE LOOKING AT,
YOU KNOW, LESS THAN ONE IN FOUR
MILLION ACTUALLY.
AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THAT IN TERMS OF SOME OTHER
THINGS SAY+@ FOR INSTANCE, YOUR
RISK OF BEING SHRUNK BY
LIGHTNING IS GREATER THAN IT IS
FOR DEVELOPING THIS+@ TYPE OF
+@
LIGHTNING IS GREATER THAN IT IS FOR DEVELOPING THIS+@ TYPE OF SIDE E+@FFECT IF YOU HAD THE
JOHNSON JOHNSON VACCINE.
THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S
CERTAINLY PRUDENT AND WISE AT
THIS POINT TO HALT AND LET'S
INVESTIGATE.
WE DON'T H+@AVE A CAUSAL
RELATIONSHIP AT THIS POINT
MEANING THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE
THAT THE VACCINE HAS CAUSED
THIS BLOOD CLOT THAT WE'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY
A GREAT IDEA TO TO LET'S
INVESTIGATE.
LET'S SEE .
WE DO KNOW THAT THESE CLOTS CAN
OCCUR ANYWAY AND THE INCIDENCE
IS ABOUT TWO TO+@ FIVE MILLION
TWO TO FIVE PEOPLE PER MILLION
WHO CAN EXPERIENCE A BLOOD
CLOT.
AND SO IT COULD BE COINCIDENCE
IT COULD BE THAT THERE IS A
CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP WE REALLY
JUST DON'T KNOW AND THAT'S WHY
WE REALLY HAVE TO LET THE
EXPERTS FIGURE IT OUT AT THIS
POINT.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS THE SYMPTOMS
OF THE BLOOD CLOTS THAT PEOPLE
SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR SURE.
SO WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING
ABOUT CENTRAL VENOUS SINUS
THROMBOSIS WHICH IS A BLOOD
CLOT THAT OCCURS IN THE BRAIN.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THIS SPECIFIC BLOOD CLOT, THE
SYMPTOMS THAT ONE WOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT OR NEE+@DS TO
LOOK OUT FOR ARE SYMPTOMS OF
HEADACHE DIFFICULTY MOVING AN
EXTREMITY OR A PART OF THE
BODY.
NEW ONSET SEIZURES AND THE MOST
CATASTROPHIC BEING A STROKE AND
POTENTIALLY COMA.
AND SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THE
SYMPTOMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO
+@
AND SO AGAIN, THESE ARE THE SYMPTOMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CENTRAL BEING A SINUS
THROMBOSIS.
THIS MORE SEVERE CLOT THAT
WE'VE S+@EEN POTENTIALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON VACCINE.
NOW THEY ARE ALSO GIVING
GUIDANCE TO LOOK FOR SIGNS OF
CLOTS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE
BODY AS WELL.
AND SO THOSE SYMPTOMS WOULD BE
SWELLING OR PAIN OF ONE OF THE
EXTREMITIES.
CERTAINLY NEW ONSET SHORTNESS
OF BREATH THAT COULD REP+@RESENT
A BLOOD CLOT HAVING DISLODGED
AND GOING TO THE LUNGS.
AND SO WE'RE CERTAINLY
RECOMMENDING THAT ANYONE WHO'S
RECEIVED THE JOHNS+@ON AND
JOHN+@SON VACCINE WITHIN THE PAT
TWO TO THREE WEEKS OR SO BE
MINDFUL OF ANY OF THOSE TYPES
OF SYMPTOMS AS WELL AS THEY MAY
REPRESENT A BLOOD CLOT HAVING
MINDFUL OF ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF SYMPTOMS AS WELL AS THEY MAY REPRESENT A BLOOD CLOT HAVING+@
DEVELOPED SOMEWHERE IN THE BODY
SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW
AND WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE DEALING