Extending the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause for a Week Was a Deadly Mistake

Authors

Govind C. Persad, University of DenverFollow
William Fiske Parker, University of Chicago

Publication Date

4-17-2021

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

Johnson & Johnson, Vaccines, CDC, Immunization, Public health

Abstract

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) this week made no recommendation on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, meaning the CDC's initial decision to pause administration of the vaccine will likely remain in place until at least next Friday.

As a result, 10 million doses of the vaccine will sit unused in refrigerators as hundreds of thousands of Americans are infected with COVID-19. As infections and hospitalizations rise in many states, slowing down vaccinations was a deadly mistake.

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Govind Persad & William F. Parker, Opinion, Extending the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause for a Week Was a Deadly Mistake, Wash. Post (Apr. 17, 2021), https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/17/extending-johnson-johnson-vaccine-pause-week-was-deadly-mistake/.