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With J&J’s COVID Vaccine Pause Now Lifted, The Question Is How Well The System Worked

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

Number of deaths and ICU admissions that may have been prevented without the pause is ‘striking,’ CDC advisory committee member says; ACIP votes to reaffirm use of J&J’s vaccine in persons 18 and older based on positive risk-benefit analysis and reports of only nine additional cases of TTS.

The new warning is set, but still unresolved is how the pause will reflect on the J&J vaccine and FDA in the long term. • Source: photo illustration

Additional analysis of the pros and cons of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, along with only a few new cases of rare blood clots, persuaded the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to vote to lift the pause on its administration, a step it was not ready to take a week earlier.

With the extended stoppage now over, the question for sponsors and public health officials is what impact it will have...

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