RIP: Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine
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thewayneJ&J requested the FDA to withdraw the vaccine's authorization for use in the USA after the last stockpiled supplies expired about a month ago, and the FDA did so.
J&J had no plans to reformulate the vaccine for new strains. They suffered tremendous loss of market share and public confidence after a kerfuffle over a clotting disorder with a similar vaccine led to a huge plunge in demand for their vaccine.
I personally am quite glad for the reformulated vaccines. Now, I am an edge-case: I have an immune disorder and don't produce antibodies, so vaccines are sometimes weird on me. On every Covid vaccination that I received, I ran a low-grade fever for a couple of days afterwards. But my last shot was the new bi-valent, and it was smooth sailing - no fever! I don't know if it was because it was formulated against multiple strains, or something had been done to smooth it out or what, but it was a much nicer ride for me.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/06/j-fda-revokes-authorization/
J&J had no plans to reformulate the vaccine for new strains. They suffered tremendous loss of market share and public confidence after a kerfuffle over a clotting disorder with a similar vaccine led to a huge plunge in demand for their vaccine.
I personally am quite glad for the reformulated vaccines. Now, I am an edge-case: I have an immune disorder and don't produce antibodies, so vaccines are sometimes weird on me. On every Covid vaccination that I received, I ran a low-grade fever for a couple of days afterwards. But my last shot was the new bi-valent, and it was smooth sailing - no fever! I don't know if it was because it was formulated against multiple strains, or something had been done to smooth it out or what, but it was a much nicer ride for me.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/06/j-fda-revokes-authorization/
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Date: 2023-06-11 06:04 am (UTC)Going to be hard to say how long I'll make it. My mom made 90, her mom and brother made it to 94-96. My dad almost made 89. So I've got some good long genes there. But they say that my immune disorder will take 20 years off my life. I'll be 62 at the end of the year, don't know if I should plan for another decade or so or another three! I will make it until I don't, about all that anyone can do.
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Date: 2023-06-11 06:18 am (UTC)I've got to live to have my 100th birthday party - I've invited just about everyone I know. I won't be having it in orbit, or in Luna City, but New York is a good place for a party.