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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by graeme on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @08:30AM (#26791288)
That’s assuming J and J has same incidence as AZ. J and J so far has had 6 clots for seven million doses.

Of course some more may show up in coming days from prior vaccinations.

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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by rsynnott on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:05AM (#26791620)
One caution here; at least with AZ, apparent rate of clots varied dramatically by country, and rates generally went up once people knew what they were looking for. It's plausible that a lot of early ones were missed entirely or misattributed.
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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by mikem170 on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:42PM (#26796134)
That's 6 unusual/dangerous cerebral clots per 7 million doses, not all blood clots. There were 50% more clots of any types in the vaccine trials of 20k people [0] (15 blood clots in vaccinated group versus 10 in the placebo group).

[0] https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/13/health/johnson-vaccine-blood-...

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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by jonplackett on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @08:34AM (#26791323)
Ah yes, that is true! This site is based on AZ, but you're right it might be a different story with J+J. I wonder if as well, they'll get better at spotting the blood clots and treating which could also be happening - but that's just conjecture / hopeful thinking at this point.
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