Fauci predicts that the J&J vaccine will return to the market with restrictions or warnings by Friday

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“I don’t want to go before the CDC, the FDA and the advisory committee, but I would imagine that what we’re going to say is: that he would come back and come back in some kind of warning or restriction,” he told Dana Bash. CNN on “State of the Union”.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is scheduled to meet Friday to discuss recommendations for the J&J vaccine. The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration recommended discontinuing the J&J Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday in more than six reported cases of “a rare and severe type of blood clot” reported in the United States.

However, Fauci said the break was a prudent thing to do, saying “you want to make sure you have all the information you need.”

He compared the J&J coagulation reports with those of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, which is licensed in much of Europe and has had similar coagulation reports. He noted that reports of the AstraZeneca vaccine “surpassed only women, there are some with some men involved. There was also an excellent display of ages.”

Fauci told Bash he hoped a decision would be made by Friday and that a decision was needed “one way or another.”

The ACIP committee originally held an emergency meeting on Wednesday last week, but delayed voting on a recommendation until next Friday.

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