Johnson + Johnson COVID Vaccine Update from Pardee UNC Health Care

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Sun, Apr 18, 2021
2021-04-18T00:00:00-04:00
2021-04-19T00:00:00-04:00
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Blue Ridge Community College
180 W Campus Dr, Flat Rock, NC 28731, USA
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Out of an abundance of caution and in light of recent calls by the US FDA and CDC to pause the use of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, Pardee will not be scheduling any new appointments for this vaccine until further information is available and the few instances of serious side effects among those who have received the vaccine can be investigated.
The FDA made the decision to pause dosing after 6 women from across the US developed a rare type of blood clot involving the brain within days of receiving the vaccine. Although these events were very rare and it is still unclear if the clots were related to the vaccine, dosing with the J&J vaccine is being stopped while they are fully investigated.
If you have received the J&J vaccine and develop severe headache, abdominal pain, leg pain, or shortness of breath within three weeks after vaccination, please contact your health care provider.
Pardee UNC Health Care is able to offer vaccination appointments for the Pfizer vaccine at Blue Ridge Community College. The Pfizer vaccine has not been linked to blood clots and has been given to many more people. If you would like a Pfizer vaccine, please visit yourshot.org/ or call Call (828) 694-8222 to schedule that appointment.