FDA LIMITS Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine Due to Risk of Life-Threatening Blood Clots – A Year After It Lifted Pause On One-Shot Regimen Taken by 18 Million
- FDA LIMITS Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine Due to Risk of Life-Threatening Blood Clots – A Year After It Lifted Pause On One-Shot Regimen Taken by 18 Million
by MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
* The FDA is limiting the use of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
* It is now only authorizing the jab to people 18 or older for whom other COVID vaccines aren’t available or aren’t appropriate
* Those 18 and older who otherwise would not get a COVID vaccine are also authorized to use the Johnson and Johnson jab
* The decision comes after an investigation revealed those who got the vaccine were at increased risk for thrombosis and thrombocytopenia syndrome
* The syndrome creates blood clots and decreases blood platelet levels
* Symptoms started in those cases just one to two weeks after receiving the jab
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