CDC now recommends Pfizer or Moderna vaccines over J&J
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 12/16/2021, 10:16 pm
https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1471646249824702465


CDC endorses ACIP's updated COVID-19 vaccine recommendations

For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 16, 2021

Today, CDC is endorsing updated recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the prevention of COVID-19, expressing a clinical preference for individuals to receive an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine over Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. ACIP's unanimous recommendation followed a robust discussion of the latest evidence on vaccine effectiveness, vaccine safety and rare adverse events, and consideration of the U.S. vaccine supply. The U.S. supply of mRNA vaccines is abundant - with nearly 100 million doses in the field for immediate use. This updated CDC recommendation follows similar recommendations from other countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom. Given the current state of the pandemic both here and around the world, the ACIP reaffirmed that receiving any vaccine is better than being unvaccinated. Individuals who are unable or unwilling to receive an mRNA vaccine will continue to have access to Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.

The following is attributable to CDC Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky

"We have made important strides in the year since the COVID-19 vaccination program started. More than 200 million Americans have completed their primary vaccine series, providing protection against COVID-19, preventing millions of cases and hospitalizations, and saving over a million lives. Today's updated recommendation emphasizes CDC's commitment to provide real-time scientific information to the American public. I continue to encourage all Americans to get vaccinated and boosted."



This was a long time coming. Ever since the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine seemed to have some issues, and the J&J vaccine was similar, I preferred one of the mRNA vaccines (Pfizer or Moderna). Thankfully a lot of us here in the United States had a choice of which vaccine we wanted to get. People needed to get vaccinated, but at least we were lucky compared to a lot of the world in that we had a choice of getting one that didn't have that extra risk. Getting vaccinated is essential no matter what vaccine it is, it's absolutely better to get vaccinated than not, but it's just an extra reason why some of us are more lucky than others in the world and it's something we should be thankful for and never take for granted.
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