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Johnson & Johnson Files For Emergency Authorization for Coronavirus Vaccine

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Johnson & Johnson filed for emergency use authorization from the FDA on Thursday for its coronavirus vaccine.

The drug maker’s application followed its announcement that its vaccine was just 72% effective in combating the virus. While lower than Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines, both of which were granted emergency authorization in December, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is one dose instead of two and can be stored in refrigerators instead of freezers, meaning that its long-awaited approval could dramatically ease supply shortages and administration nationwide.

The vaccine has proved less effective in combating some of the new strains that are spreading around the world. In South Africa, where a highly transmissible strain originated and has since spread to the United States, the company said that its vaccine was only 57% effective.

Other vaccines’ efficiency has slightly decreased regarding new coronavirus strains as well, early studies have shown, but the pharmaceutical companies have remained confident that the recently developed vaccines will still be effective.

Even with its varying efficiency rates, Johnson & Johnson said that it believed that its one-dose vaccine would be critical in curbing the pandemic.

“This is the pandemic vaccine that can make a difference with a single dose,” said Dr. Paul Stoffels, the pharmaceutical company’s chief scientific officer.

Johnson & Johnson’s application means that it could be granted emergency authorization this month if its timeline mirrors those of Pfizer and Moderna. The company is under contract with the U.S. government to produce 100 million doses by June, enough to vaccinate almost one-third of Americans given that it is just one dose.

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2 Comments

  1. I’m not at all sure that the FDA can be trusted in their decision-making. For instance, former FDA Commissioner by the name of Dr. Margaret Hamburg had a RICO lawsuit filed against her 4/11/16 in the US Dist. Court in DC. It was a very interesting case as it “shines a light on blatant political corruption…Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg was nominated as a result of huge political and other gratuities to Hillary Clinton and The Clinton Foundation, and at Mrs. Clinton’s recommendation’s…Hamburg, acting in concert with her husband, Peter F. Brown…Co-CDO of a hedge fund named Renaissance Technologies, L.L.C. failed to disclose to Congress…her and her husband’s clear-cut conflict of interest–specifically, that Renaissance Technologies, L.L.C. held hundreds of millions of dollars of Johnson & Johnson stock, the manufacturer of the deadly drug, Levaquin.” After seeing how the SWAMP operates, we’d be fools to think this case is the exception to the rule. I couldn’t find out how the case was resolved.

  2. Wait! Wait! We want our share of the big pharma hoax vaccine income. Never mind, that it’s effective or even defective or how many people we kill on the way to gargantuan profits. We just want our money!
    There is no “cure” for a virus. If that was true, the common cold virus would have been wiped out long ago. Why hasn’t that happened? Because there are so many variants of the coronavirus from which the cold comes, it will never be eradicated. The best defense for any coronavirus outbreak?: take care of your body, get off the couch and get outside, fresh air and vitamin D are two of nature’s best “vaccines” and few people die from fresh air and sunshine. Exercise and proper nutrition will fortify your body to fight off germs it might encounter. Did we forget Health 101? Take care of our bodies and they will take care of us. The answer is not in a pill or a vial of poison..

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