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/
Re: Yay, vaccines!
Date: 2023-06-22 09:46 pm (UTC)I've been lucky, neither Russet nor I caught shingles. She got the prev vaccine after I was diagnosed, I went to Phoenix for a month. I've since gotten the Shingrex shots when my immunologist gave the okay. My mom had it while I was going through my pneumonias, and my brother had it a few months ago. Interesting thing about the Covid vaccinations: when I got my first few, the monovalents, I always had a low-grade fever for a couple of days. My last shot was bi-valent: no fever! Now that I've had Covid, albeit with pretty much zero symptoms, it'll be interesting to see what my reaction is after my next shot: I've heard people who've had it can have really nasty reactions with their next vaccination.