All three COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States will save lives and help hospitalization. But there are some key benefits to the newly authorized Johnson and Johnson shots that experts say could help make the vaccination campaign more appropriate.
Unlike the first two vaccines, which are made by Moderna and Pfizer / Bioentech, the Johnson and Johnson vaccines can be stored in the refrigerator and take just one shot to save people from COVID-19. It can be sent to community clinics, which are equipped to reach people in rural areas or who do not have regular contact with the health system. Because it only takes one dose, it can help vaccinate people who may find it difficult to reach twice, such as people becoming homeless. Officers could easily bring him into prisons and even prison inmates. All of those groups are also at risk of catching COVID-19 and becoming seriously ill.
“The vaccine could make it easier to reach some disproportionately affected groups,” said Sara Oliver, an epidemic intelligence officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at a vaccination advisory committee meeting this weekend. The committee’s COVID-19 vaccine working group felt that Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine was U.S. The vaccine will improve uniformity. till now, Many states have vaccinated blacks and Hispanics at low rates, and have been the slowest to vaccinate communities most affected by the epidemic.
Mass vaccination sites have the facilities and personnel to administer Moderna and Pfizer / Bioentech vaccines, which need to be stored in the freezer and require two doses. These giant sites are capable of receiving thousands of doses of weapons every day but can be accessed inac for people who do not have a car or a simple form of transport. The site in East Hartford, Connecticut, for example, is not accessible by city bus. So far, about 5 percent of those vaccinated are white. About 30 percent of people living in East Hartford and Hartford are white.
Those sites are also not designed to reach or connect with people who may be reluctant to be vaccinated. “They’re not there to advise you,” said Marcus Plessia, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers. The New York Times. “You go take the shot, end of the story.”
Some states are already planning to use some doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to reach out to strict groups for vaccination. Washington State of Washington Said CNBC It could be used to vaccinate people working in the fishing industry, who live in shared housing on ships. New York City is to use it to vaccinate homebound seniors. Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press conference this month, “We will have nurses and other medical professionals go through the apartment to the apartment for those who can’t even leave their apartment and make sure they are safe.”
Johnson’s and Johnson’s vaccine doses will be limited to start. More than 4 million doses are being sent to the states this week alone, and none will be sent next week. The company says it has a total of 20 million doses available by the end of March.
