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Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by DennisP on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:04AM (#26793156)
People keep saying this will add to vaccine hesitancy but I'm not convinced. The vaccine-hesitant are already skeptical of authorities and aren't going to be especially reassured just because US agencies say it's fine, when it's already hit the news that European agencies have halted J&J.

Seeing US agencies halting J&J while continuing the other vaccines could even be reassuring. It shows that US agencies really are pretty cautious, and are willing to halt vaccines that show signs of problems.

Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by jghn on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:58PM (#26795329)
What we've seen in the US is that the J&J was the choice of people who legitimately wanted a vaccine but were leery of the novelty of the mRNA vaccines. This is going to crush that group of candidates and some non-zero number of them will wind up in the camp of people who don't get vaccinated at all.
Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by jellicle on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:20AM (#26793446)
What you will find is that the vaccine-hesitant are perfectly happy to take the word of authorities who say "this vaccine is unsafe" and only have trouble accepting the word of authorities who say "this vaccine is safe".
Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by vageli on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:37AM (#26793777)
I think that is likely because the two states have different levels of confidence, similar to how "not guilty" is not the same state as "innocent". It is relatively easy to identify unsafe, especially when negative effects arise quickly. It is harder to reliably determine safe as it may just be a matter of time before negative effects arise.
Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine by DennisP on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @11:30AM (#26793617)
For people who won't accept the vaccine regardless, it doesn't matter either way. For people who can be convinced, I think that obvious evidence of caution may be helpful in convincing them.