CDC expert panel prefers Pfizer, Moderna vaccines over J&J shots for adults due to rare blood clot cases
"We've been struck on reviewing these cases by how rapidly patient status deteriorates and results in death," Dr. Isaac See, with the CDC's vaccine safety team, told the advisory panel.
Johnson & Johnson's Penny Heaton, global therapeutics area head for vaccines, defended the company's shot during the meeting, saying it "is saving lives here in the USA and on every continent around the globe." Heaton said J&J recognizes the incidents of TTS associated with the vaccine and that the condition can be fatal, though the cases are rare. She said patient safety and well being remains J&J's top priority, and the company has several studies underway to identify risk factors associated with the development of TTS.the use Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine, after six adult women developed blood clots and low blood platelet levels at the same time.
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