![]() Shipments of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine already slowed because of some problems at a Baltimore production plant. Given that figure, the reactions in Colorado and North Carolina may not be unusual except that they appeared so much faster after the injection than is normal. Overall, about 2% of Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients report “severe” side effects, most commonly fatigue, muscle pain and fever. ![]() Nausea and fever last one day on average. Fatigue, headache and muscle ache last two days on average. Symptoms that you might associate with the flu, like fever, headaches and muscle pain, usually begin two days after vaccination. As you no doubt know, vaccine clinics require people to hang around for a while to be sure they do not have severe allergic reactions, which also are rare. Side effects are not unheard of, but this number of people having immediate reactions is unusual. Two of the people who had adverse reactions to the shots were taken to a hospital. “From what we know, today’s side effects were consistent with what can be expected,” said Scott Bookman, COVID-19 Incident Commander. They add there is no reason to believe other people who were vaccinated at this site should be concerned. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says the patients experienced symptoms like nausea and dizziness. In Colorado, 13 of the 1,700 people who got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a sporting goods store in Commerce City had “adverse reactions.” Officials closed that vaccination site while investigators try to figure out what went wrong. The state health director said the vaccine sites in North Carolina will “pause” using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine but will keep using the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer vaccines it has on hand. Four people were taken to a local hospital to be evaluated and are expected to be released. Fourteen people who had a reaction were evaluated by Wake County EMS at PNC Arena and were treated on site. More than 2,300 Johnson & Johnson vaccines were administered at the clinic on Thursday, meaning 0.78% of vaccine recipients had a reaction. Wake County spokeswoman Stacy Beard said 18 people had an adverse reaction to the vaccine at the PNC Arena clinic. ![]() In Raleigh, North Carolina, WRAL reports: Just when even doubtful Americans are warming up to the idea of getting vaccinated, more than two dozen people in two states in two days reported adverse reactions to the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Covering COVID-19 is a daily Poynter briefing of story ideas about the coronavirus and other timely topics for journalists, written by senior faculty Al Tompkins.
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