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Dr. Fauci says Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be resumed next Friday


The expert said that the suspension of this immunization was necessary to obtain more data on its effects in certain people

Dr. Fauci dice que vacuna de Johnson & Johnson podría ser retomada el próximo viernes
Dr. Fauci advocates the use of masks, even after immunization.

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The Dr. Anthony Fauci estimated that the Johnson & Johnson could be applied again in the United States as of next Friday.

The director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases said that could occur with a warning or restriction message, after some cases of severe blood clotting in women under the age of 50 years.

The expert said that the final decision of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must be awaited ( CDC ) and the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ), which They will have a session next week at the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

“I don’t want to get ahead of the CDC, FDA and advisory committee, but I imagine what we will say is that he would come back and come back with some kind of warning or restriction ”, said on CNN.

Dr. Fauci defended the provisional suspension of the vaccine, to obtain more information about its effects in some people, so this immunization will be re-integrated into the federal government plan that includes Pfizer and Moderna .

“The pause was to review, make sure that we know all the information that we may have within that period of time,” he said. “And also to warn some of the doctors who might see people, particularly women, who have this particular adverse reaction, that they are dealing with them correctly.”

In an interview with NBC News, the expert also defended that people continue to use the mask, despite pressure from some Republicans, such as the representative

Jim Jordan (Ohio), who considers that the use of facial protection threatens freedom.

Concerns rejection of immunization

A recent survey of the Quinnipiac University , published on 14 April, reveals that 1 in 5 Americans does not want to get the coronavirus vaccine.

Among Democrats there is more acceptance of immunization. On, only with 5% rejection, but among Republicans the figure is 43% , Meanwhile he 22% of independents do not want to be vaccinated.

Among white evangelical Protestants, the 40% said the immunization, reports a survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which adds that the 25% of Americans generally reject the vaccine.

Among non-white communities , including Latinos, the rejection rate is 27%, in the middle of campaigns of misinformation on social networks, such as Facebook , alerted Jessica Cobian , Gerent Senior Campaign e of the Center for American Progress.