covid-19

[BalticSailor]

The Netherlands has removed the Janssen* vaccine from its regular vaccination program. Yet, the Janssen vaccine is considered safe enough to be used on 'informed consent', which is exactly how the 200k doses that are in store will be put to use. As of today it's possible for people to make an appointment to be vaccinated with the Janssen vaccine. For them that means they count as fully vaccinated after only one shot. 200k injections is about 1 days worth of work for the system so I guess the entire batch will be gone within a week. The call center has problems keeping up with demand as we speak.

*Janssen is a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson.

What was the reason for removal?
Over here it is used almost exclusively in cases where it is considered impossible to reasonably ensure administration of two doses (think homeless shelters, etc). I hadn't heard anything regarding any issues with the J&J vaccine, and faulty as our system may be, people in charge seem to pick up on information regarding any perceived safety concerns rather rapidly, at least that was the case with the whole AZN vaccine thing a while back.

[Hazir]

What was the reason for removal?
Over here it is used almost exclusively in cases where it is considered impossible to reasonably ensure administration of two doses (think homeless shelters, etc). I hadn't heard anything regarding any issues with the J&J vaccine, and faulty as our system may be, people in charge seem to pick up on information regarding any perceived safety concerns rather rapidly, at least that was the case with the whole AZN vaccine thing a while back.

There were two reasons for removal; an almost insignificant number of cases with severe side effects combined with an ample supply of the Pfizer vaccine. The interesting diffence with the AZN vaccine is that the Janssen vaccine (in theory) will be given to all age groups. Whereas the AZN is only still given as a second injection and then alone to people over 60.

The number of cases with severe side effects were so low that statistically it should be entirely possible that none of the 200k people who get the Janssen vaccine now will be just ok.