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On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2012
The J&J vaccines have come to Ohio. I was able to get two appointments this morning - one for my mom tomorrow (about an hour's drive for her), and one for one of my aunts on Tuesday (about a 90-minute drive). But they're willing to drive a little further since it's just one time. Both are through CVS...I was on their website at 6:30AM this morning and ended up waiting about 1.5 hours to make the first appointment. My mom informed me that two of my uncles (her brothers) have said they will not be getting the vaccine...I am disappointed because they both have pre-existing health conditions, but I'm not entirely surprised at the same time.
There's some confusion over the J&J vaccine and the reported efficacy. Public health officials are saying to take whatever one can get, but there's still a lot of of confusion including some government leaders talking about a preference for other vaccines on the premise that they're better.
LANSING, Mich. -- Detroit this week turned down 6,200 doses of the newly authorized Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, with Mayor Mike Duggan favoring shots from Pfizer and Moderna for now.
“Johnson & Johnson is a very good vaccine. Moderna and Pfizer are the best,” he said Thursday. “And I am going to do everything I can to make sure that residents of the city of Detroit get the best.”
Duggan said the allotment of 29,000 Pfizer and Moderna doses “covered everyone who wanted a vaccination this week." On Friday, he said the city will accept J&J vaccines in the state's next allocation, calling them "a key part of our expansion of vaccine centers.”