Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @02:12PM
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Yes this is the rationale Canadian authorities have used in making AZ 55+ only here. Some calculation based on risk of COVID mortality in that population vs the hypothetical AZ risk. At first I was skeptical of this but the more I read about it the more it seems like a reasonable approach.
Even more so because here in Canada we do not have much AZ yet anyways (and no J&J yet), mostly Pfizer and Moderna.
Re:US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine
by sharken on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:42PM
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It's all pretty speculative at this point, but it seems very reasonable to investigate the J&J vaccine as it causes the same problems as AZ.
When that investigation ends, then the J&J vaccine can be opened up for those willing to take the risk, which by that time is better known.
I think we still have to remember that vaccinating everybody is not needed to resume a normal life.
Personally I wouldn't want a vaccine with the problems that AZ and J&J have, but if others are willing then they should have the opportunity.
And its probable that these incidents are concentrated in a small segment of the population (young & health maybe women). So your denominator is very inflated.
If you can save 20-40 lives by just giving young women Pfizer and using J&J on 50+ year olds (for whom the risk might be literally nothing) then its a no brainer.
Not doing so is killing 20-40 people for no reason.