they are different than the pfizer and moderna vaccines. blood clots in combination of loet plate -- low plateletes are not being seen -- platelets are not been seen in pfizer and moderna. our latest data show we have administered more than 7.2 million doses of johnson & johnson vaccine and have yet observed only six of these cases. right now, we believe these events to be extremely rare. while we are also not yet certain we heard about all possible cases as this syndrome may not be easily recognized as one associated with the vaccine. c.d.c. and f.d.a. are working rapidly to investigate each case and understand whether there is a causal relationship between these blood clots and vaccine administration. the decision to pause administration of johnson & johnson vaccine was made specifically for three reasons. first, we want to alert the health care providers to be on the lookout for these rare events postvaccination and to make sure they are treating patients appropriately. it is imperative for health care workers to know that the treatment

other makers rally on the story, moderna and biontech all higher on the day moderna adding $4.1 billion to his market cap today alone we ask, is the move warranted? let's bring in the analyst who covers the name, a senior analyst and former strategic manager for johnson & johnson. great to have you with us. you think moderna should have gained even more why is that? >> yeah, thank you melissa for having me. look, it's very simple, vaccines are the product profile of the vaccines are very important. you look at flu vaccine, the most expensive is $75, the cheapest is $15. the risk benefit profile, the ability to be deployed in a dependable manner, all of these things matter. we've been highlighting as early as october last year that moderna of all of the vaccines has the best product profile of the vaccines in the covid-19 group and that's clearly showing up more and more which is why we think the stock has quite a ways to run as people start to realize what it means to the business. >> in terms of your calculating on the backs of an envelope you know, a $4 million gain to moderna should

maria: will come back i'm speaking with the ceo of moderna stÉphane bancel. we were talking about the breadth of the company before we went to the break, i want to talk about the vaccine that you have this week a number of analysts are talking about the growth potential former moderna, tell us what you revealed in terms of the covid-19's situation and i would like to talk about the impact of this vaccine to highlight the other things that you're working on in the pipeline at moderna. >> on the covid-19, we just talked about which it is very high in a six-month it is very high in the variant which is being tested as a boost in animal testing and very soon in the spring and what we expect to see in the size of the study and the input of a study and we are hopeful that no later than early enter leader summer early fall authorized so next fall or next winter. the rest of the piping, and traditional pharmaceuticals every drug is a different drug mrna is like software it causes every mrna under the center make protein in your body. we have nine vaccines and most of

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fauci has talked about, with tens of millions of doses of pfizer and moderna. the fda acting the way they did today shows that they are indeed the gold standard and i think that should ensure the american public they will be very diligent and conservative in how they approached the vaccines. >> the argument because the fda trip wire was triggered, that should give americans more confidence in the overall vaccination? >> certainly how safety and efficacy are being monitored by the gold standard folks at the fda. >> we will do three more and let them go back. go ahead. >> jeff, you said the fda is the gold standard for ensuring the safety and efficacy of vaccines. to what except does today's news add urgency to the effort of getting a permanent nominee confirmed ahead of the fda? clearly it's always an important post but how much does this news -- >> i have no personnel announcement to make today. the fda has extraordinary group of scientists and experts that will lead these types of efforts. >> how helpful will a permanent director be in november? >> i think the

moderna y pfizer siguen estando habilitadas para la poblaciÓn. paola: quÉ tiene que hacer una persona que recibiÓ la vacuna de johnson & johnson hace un mes y ahora se pregunta si algo puede sucederle. >> pedimos que monitoriza en la salud tres semanas despuÉs de haber obtenido esta vacuna. si empiezan a tener dolores horrendos de cabeza,problemas al respirar, dolores en el pecho o problemas abdominales con dolores fuertes, tiene queacudir a su mÉdico. es importante reportar los sÍntomas. paola: tienen informaciÓn sobre la cantidad de latinos vacunados con johnson & johnson y si la pauta afectarÁ en la distribuciÓn de la vacuna a este segmento de poblaciÓn? >> en estos momentos que estÁn cambiando, habÍa suficientes vacunas para nuestra comunidad latina. estamos cambiando justamente a aquellos grupos hacia pfizer o moderna, segÚn lo que haya en la localidad. escuchemos lo que va a pasar con la vacuna de johnson & johnson. paola: dentro de un par de dÍas quizÁ se amplÍa la elegibilidad para que los mayores de 16 aÑos en ser vacunad

and the scientists alerted moderna to their project and moderna did not object to it. brent: so there's no secret recipe here. thank you. they say laughter is the best medicine. but, for those facing oppression, it can also be a way to process trauma. here in germany, a group of jewish cartoonists published a book ironically called, anti-semitism for beginners. >> that is odd, mr. gober. your account is in the red, surprising given your surname. >> you are converting to judaism, why? >> we want to become part of a global conspiracy. >> these are some satirical concerns -- cartoons found in anti-semitism for beginners, which pokes fun at anti-jewish stereotypes. the writer who has german rates but came up with the book project at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. >> immediately, old conspiracy theories started circulate in, like, the jews are to blame for the coronavirus. that really bothered me. so i told myself i no longer want to get angry, i want to laugh about this instead. >> hello, commit. -- come in. >> this russian jewish novelist lives in berlin for 30 ye

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zientz: yeah the moderna and , pfizer vaccines are to those vaccines. it's important people come back soit's important people come back for their second those three weeks post their first dose of pfizer and first dose of moderna. but all of our channels are equipped to deliver pfizer and moderna. >> how does this not contribute to the very areas where hesitancy is most predominant at this time? do you have to change your message, do something difference to address hesitancy? mr. zientz: i think we need to continue to be transparent about what the science is telling us. as dr. fauci said today, there have been tens of millions of doses of pfizer and moderna administered over the last several months, to people in the u.s. and around the world. it is important that we have here the fda, the fda is the gold standard for ensuring safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. and today's action is clear evidence that they are taking every step necessary to ensure the american people have clear and transparent information about the safety and effectiveness of thes

and and for the first dose of moderna. all of our units and delivery channels are quick to deliver pfizer and moderna. >> how does that contribute to the areas where hesitancy is most predominant at this time. and - and there are tens of millions of doses of pfizer and moderna. nothing in the us and around the world, safely vaccinated. and the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. they are taking every step necessary to ensure the american people have clear and transparent information about the safety and effectiveness of these vaccines. the bottom line is the vaccines, moderna and pfizer being administered, saving lives, every american should get vaccinated. >> is j and j going to continue, and ordering more doses of pfizer and moderna in case this problem with j and j is prolonged. >> the j and j production issues in baltimore are being worked out through the fda process. the production of those vaccines, if and when the fda authorizes that. it is a wartime effort, was why we purchased access supplies to be ready for

moderna. >> how does that not contribute to the areas. [inaudible] do you change your message and do you have to do something different to address hesitancy? >> we need to be transparent about what the science is telling us. that's what brings us here today . as doctor fauci said there's millions of doses of iser and moderna administered over the last several months and people inthe us and overall have been safely vaccinated . it's important we have, the fda is the gold standard for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines and today's action is clear evidence that they're taking every step necessary to ensure that people have clear and transparent information about the safety and effectiveness of these vaccines so the bottom line is the vaccines, moderna and pfizer that are being administered are clearly safe and are saving lives and every american should get vaccinated when it's their turn . >> is j and j production going to continue touring this pause and secondly, is the biden administration considering more doses of pfize

so moderna is able -- both moderna and pfizer are able to kind of pick up some of that slack. it's still going to be -- it will take time the issue is could moderna and pfizer make up for it? they could pfizer had already approved enough doses that could theoretically vaccinate half the country just on pfizer alone that would take until june or july through some of their agreements with additional manufacturers domestically there is possibility to pick up the slack. it is -- there is no doubt it's going to be a blow though because johnson & johnson will trickle parts in the proximal weeks. in the next one to three weeks you can't substitute it. this will delay our vaccination efforts. now just something to be aware of you'll hear calls and get first shots into arms. it's not an unreasonable thing to do if we push out the second dose of moderna and pfizer one to two weeks this could still help us pick up some of that slack in a faster pace. >> dr. patel, thank you so very much for your perspective in doing it and jumping on the phone with us so quickly we want to jump on the ph

fauci has talked about with tens of millions of doses of pfizer and moderna. the fda acting the way they did today shows that they are indeed the gold standard and i think that should reassure the american public that they will be very diligent and conservative in how they approach the vaccines. >> so the argument is that because the fda, this trip wire was triggered, that should give americans more confidence in the overall vaccination plan? >> certainly around how safety and efficacy are being monitored by the gold standard folks at the fda. >> let's do three more and then we'll let them go back, go ahead. >> jeff, you said the fda is the gold standard for ensuring the safety and efficacy of vaccines, to what extent does today's news add urgency to the effort of getting a permit nominee confirmed to head the fda. clearly it's an important post, but how much of a spotlight does this news -- >> i have no personnel announcement to make today. the fda has an extraordinary group of scientists and experts to lead these types of efforts. >> how helpful would a perm

fauci is talked about with ten of millions of doses of pfizer and moderna. the fda acting the way they did today shows they are indeed the goal standard and i think that should reassure the american public it will be very diligent and conservative in how they approach the vaccines. >> because the fda, the trip wire was triggered that should give americans for confidence in the overall vaccination. >> certainly around safety and efficacy are being monitored by the gold standards >> we'll let them go back. go ahead >> you said the fda is the gold standard for safety and efficacy of vaccines. to what extent do they have the effort of getting a covid nominee confirm ed head of the fda. it's always an important post but how much does this news -- >> i was no personal announcement to make today >> how helpful would a permanent director be >> i think the fda does an extraordinary job and the teams that are addressing these issues are experienced teams. in fact, the acting director is very experienced leader. i think the experience of the fda in the expertise of the

begins rolling out moderna's vaccine. blockchain boom. billionaire investor mike nova grad says it's only the beginning of the crypto craze. how one of the biggest bowls is trading crypto's. mark, i wander what you think of nova grassed. it is one of the most read stories. not only is he talking on crypto , he is buying facebook shares, but he is short rates across the curve. mark: good morning. i think this makes sense. whether it's ahead for bitcoin is a slightly different view. it's unclear whether bitcoin has a correlation with many other assets. recently, it has been going up no matter what the background is. some say it's a product of inflation. i think bitcoin, whether it succeeds or breaks down, might be more independent. however, it's true that a move higher in real yields should make the opportunity cost of bitcoin more expensive. it needs to go higher to make that expensive. matt: do you see real yields moving higher? the question is how the inflation component ax. mark: i do see real yields moving higher. you are right. the in

they have been receiving moderna and pfizer doses. reporter: you just swap out the vaccine, if there was a mass vaccination center. jeff: i turn on and pfizer vaccines. it is important people come down -- come back for their second dose. but all of our units, all of our delivery channels are equipped to deliver both pfizer and madrona. reporter: how does this not contribute to the -- that is the very area where the hesitancy is the most predominant based on what you guys have seen. do you have to change your message? do you have to do something different to address hesitancy? jeff: i think we need to continue to be transparent about what the science is telling us. as dr. fauci said, there has been tens of millions of doses of pfizer and moderna administered over the last several months, millions of people in the u.s. and around the world have been safely vaccinated. i think it is important that we have here at the fda, and the fda is the gold standard for ensuring safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. today's action is clear evide

. >> ceo of moderna talked about the development of moderna's covered vaccine and distribution. pepperdine university. >> tell us about you and i have heard you say have an eye for outbreak. how in the world did you end up doing what you're doing now? >> good evening, everybody. i spent my life and had a chance to work the past 25 years i've been working and -- [inaudible] who worked i was trained to help this food outbreak, disease, infection so i've always when i look at the news, i look for what's going on, there's always an outbreak somewhere and i was between christmas and new year's. t when is infection in china,. [inaudible] these agents in china and with in a few hours saying we don't know and the next day they sentn an e-mail and all of us that we had a new flu strain in china. a few days after, the coronavirus, and then a few days after -- [inaudible] to design a vaccine against the virus. [inaudible] two days. the vaccine and went to make both as animal or phase i materials -- [inaudible] we were able to stop the clinical study. >> thank you. doctor helen. you've done

there's plenty of moderna and pfizer. we have enough to vaccine 300 million people with those vaccines alone. so that's pretty significant. also, as you point out, because of the manufacturing concerns completely unrelated to the conversation about clotting, they were going to decrease allocation by 84% this week, johnson & johnson was already as they addressed the manufacturing concerns. so i don't want to minimize this problem, and this needs to be investigated. the united states was not as dependent on johnson & johnson vaccine as other countries around the world are dependent on j&j and astrazeneca. so it's probably going to be a bigger problem globally than here in this country but we've got to pay attention globally as well. >> and it speaks to the wisdom that we have more than one option in this country. dr. del rio, i don't want to prejudge any final conclusions here. fda is going to investigate and cdc is going to look at the data. given astrazeneca, they had a blood clot issue and looked at it and said the benef

moderna's co-founder will be my guest. the markets where equities hit all-time highs before dropping sharply. let's get to katie greifeld and ed ludlow with the latest. katie: it was a bit of a mixed bag today. if we look at the big benchmarks, the s&p and the nasdaq, they both ended slightly lower, down 1/10 of 1%. the big action happened in the chip space after republicans said they were willing to work with democrats to address the global chip shortage. that is 1.2% off the semiconductors index. and it will outperform a bit, breaking away from the broader tech sector in notching a game. -- a gain. in general, you are setting to see things leave the tech space. volatility index it's close to its lowest level in about a year after a pretty rocky start to 2021. creeping lower, and the next chart explains why. look at the nasdaq 100's daily trading range. how much the index moves in a given day. it is getting smaller and smaller. you can see it widen and a big -- in a big way as treasury yields surged and hit the market by

one pfizer, one moderna. now she says she's concerned. melanie townsend reports from sacramento. >> rose gold and birds first round of getting the covid-19 pfizer vaccine went off without a hitch at the wheel space health clinic in oak park on april 9th. >> give me the information about the vaccine sell. but experience, really bad ones to go to the e r. >> aside from a sore arm and goldenberg felt ready to get her second and final pfizer shot on monday. only this time the process took in unexpected turn, i guess all they had. >> ready at that point when moderna. and that's what getting. and i didn't find out about after unity administer the shot and the 15 period. >> she says they also wrote it on her vaccine card which shows pfizer and moderna given 3 weeks apart when it comes to covid-19 vaccine mixing. the cdc says pfizer and moderna are both similar in that they are and are vaccines. however, they and other covid vaccines should not be interchangeable unless there's an exceptional need to do so in according to a statement from well sp

we did see quite a move in moderna today. got a lot of catalyst there. >> we had a conversation last night and i cited some things karen's been saying she can speak for herself but one point she made is moderna is probably best suited -- hate to use the word -- probably best suited going forward we'll be dealing with these things time to time i thought the stock would be much higher yesterday and i guess it made up for it today. i think it will trade to previous 189 we've done nice job handicapping this name. -- >> getting the latest data on efficacy six months out moves to closer to full approval means it can sell directly to companies would be big tore moderna and with johnson & johnson largely sidelined for now the pricing machine goes away and boosters brought excitement there's a lot of things sort of lining up. >> yeah, there is, actually. i heard guy last night while i was on the peloton i thought that, i mean, there are a lot of positives he's right i think this is the one most set up to monotonyize and talked about v

. >> and remember pfizer and moderna still require 2 doses. so we're hopeful in the next few months that we will absolutely in a safer place this community. >> santa clara county officials also announcing that that they are going to be abiding by the cdc and fda recommendations to temporarily suspend the use of the johnson and johnson in connection with some possible side effects here. but they say this is not going to affect to vaccinations going forward. there's plenty of the moderna and the pfizer vaccine to cover the johnson and johnson deployments and that no appointments will be canceled as a result of any of this live in san jose. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. thank you rob. a developing news tonight. the fda and the cdc. >> have recommended a pause in the use of johnson and johnson's covid-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots. both agencies say that 6 women between the ages of 1848 suffered a blood clots within 2 weeks of the vaccination. one person died and another is in critical condition. the cdc is exp

pfizer and moderna are very effective. what vaccines prevent, for all of you hesitant or worried about the vaccines, they prevent progression to serious illness, hospitalization to the tune of 100%, including johnson & johnson. what i'll say is we really need clear guidance from acip because there are going to be people here and we have to contend with that fact. either we redirect those who we think might be high risk for this rare complication to pfizer, moderna in clear terms and then message on that that this side effect doesn't occur with pfizer and moderna and that's what you saw them leaning in on. >> from a layperson, the bottom line is these vaccines are safe. you know what's not safe? covid. covid is actually deadly. do not get covid. get vaccinated so you can protect yourself. dr. vin gupta, thank you very much. really appreciate you being here and giving us that knowledge. dr. gupta is participating in a big nbc news special coming up sunday night called "roll up your sleeves" aiming to educate viewers and disp

it too will switch appointments to pfizer and moderna. so it looks like the impact will be minimal here in the bay area for now. >> from a supply chain standpoint, i don't think it will hinder it as much as it could if it was pfizer or moderna. >> reporter: this also won't be a huge problem in san francisco. of the 10,000 doses the city received this week, only 500 were johnson & johnson. across the state, 8800 appointments made through the my turn website are for the j & j vaccine. so they're having to work on whether to cancel or change those. across the state, the state received 67,000 doses of j & j. none of those will be used. live in pleasanton, amy hollyfield abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. >>> we are expected to find out today if the minnesota officer who shot and killed 20-year-old daunte wright will be facing any charges. there was another night of protests in brooklyn center. >> if you do not cease your unlawful behavior, you will be arrested. >> the officer who shot wright resigned yesterday. officer kim potter says that she mi

several governments have decided to give a boost with moderna or pfizer. as of today, we do not have -- of the application. alix: anything in the data that you have looked at that makes you think that might be a problem? >> from what we believe, we don't think it should be an issue from a safety standpoint or efficacy, but again, we have no data, as you know. some vaccines have lower efficacy than the minari vaccines -- than the mrna vaccines. as a better in a boost? the same? nobody knows because no clinical work has been done. alix: speaking of efficacy, part of what you said today is that after the second dose, the shot was more than 90% effective overall after two weeks for about six months. that's the data that we have. >> that's correct. when the product was authorized, we had to know -- at the time because of the crisis. we are following people in the study. at six months, but 90%, which is a good confirmation that this vaccine is very efficacious. alix: do you have anything to make you think that that might change? >> know. with the data we publish

there is enough pfizer and moderna vaccine to continue. it really was about 5%, of the johnson & johnson vaccine was filling in. people who had appointments, a lot of people in washington, d.c., because that's the vaccine the government is using, they had their appointments canceled but in some cases switched. they should be able to continue it with about 3 million doses. >> sandra: that's the question. if they were scheduled for the j&j today, what do they do? governor cuomo said show up at your vaccine site. they will switch you to the pfizer and wright. doctors can answer those questions, no red flags with the other two vaccines. welcome to "america reports." i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. dr. marc siegel joins us. this rare condition, it's called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. one of the symptoms and how do you treat it? >> it's extreme the rear. five out of a million people get it without a vaccine. that gives you an idea of how rare were talking here. it is the veins that drain the brain. the major sinus in the brain

it's just a moderna site. anyone over the age of 18 that lives or works in san mateo county is eligible because moderna is for those 18 and older. you need to arrive with identification that contains your birth date. and if you aren't okay with just a drive-in clinic, then you are able to make an appointment on the my turn website. answer a couple of questions once you arrive. driv through, receive your shot and wait in a designated wait ing area for 15 minutes, standard procedure for receiving the vaccine. spokesperson for san mateo county public health is the hopes are more people will come out with this no appointment necessary process. >> it's important to make the vaccine available in a time and location convenient for everyone and removing the need to register in advance is helpful because not everyone has technology or is comfortable doing it that way. that's why we wanted to make sure this was available to anybody. >> reporter: so, this is important to note, it is just a first vaccine site clinic. if y

first from pfizer or second doses from moderna. melanie townsend has her story. >> rose gold and birds first round of getting the covid-19 pfizer vaccine went off without a hitch at the well space health clinic in oak park on april 9th. >> give me the information about vaccine sell, but think experience, really bad ones to go to the e r. >> aside from a sore arm and goldenberg felt ready to get her second and final pfizer shot on monday. only this time the process took an unexpected turn, i guess all they had. >> ready at that point when moderna. and that's what getting. and i didn't find out about after he ready administer the shot and the 15 period. >> she says they also wrote it on her vaccine card which shows pfizer and moderna given 3 weeks apart when it comes to covid-19 vaccine mixing. the cdc says pfizer and moderna are both similar in that they are and are vaccines. however, they and other covid vaccines should not be interchangeable unless there's an exceptional need to do so in according to a statement from well space he

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most of that, subtract the 6.85 million, is in the messenger rna from pfizer and moderna. there have been no red flag signals from those. so you're talking about tens of millions of people who have received vaccine with no adverse effect. this is a really rare event. if you look at what we know so far, there have been six out of the 6.85 million doses, which is less than 1 in a million. so remember, this is something that we always, out of -- really out of an abundance of caution as jeff said to give us time to take a good look at it and see if we can get further information. i'll stop there and we can obviously take some questions. >> okay. >> you've described this as a really rare event but this does seem like a drastic step. do you believe that the scientists sufficiently weighed the benefits of this pause against the damage or risk that this could do to the broader effort and the impact it could have on vaccine hesitancy? >> well, dr. fauci, maybe you'll go after me but i want to say that we have plenty of supply. so i mentioned that we, for the last several weeks, hav

moderna and pfizer also have better efficacy. johnson & johnson is excellent efficacy, but moderna and pfizer are better. you could decide to get moderna or pfizer. either one of those decisions would be reasonable. ana. >> okay, we know you will stay on top of it and bring us new headlines as they come out. elizabeth cohen, thank you. joining us, dr. richard besser, former acting director of the cdc and president and ceo of the robert wood johnson foundation. dr. besser, always good to see you, especially on a day like today where we need somebody who really understands all of these issues. should had cdc lift the pause on the j&j vaccine? >> well, ana, before i answer that, i want viewers to know that the johnson foundation was founded with dollars that came from j&j. and we have stock in j&j. when i think about this question, i think having a pause was the right thing to do. to fully understand what's going on and what levels of risk are. i would expect that the cdc, that the advisory committee will allow use of the vaccine, t

they are just switching to moderna. in marin they say this will mainly impact their mobile operations but that's only about 3% of their supply. in san francisco, they reminded people the pfizer and moderna vaccines are proven to be highly effective. the longer you wait the greater the risk of getting coronavirus. the governor just said he is expecting a june 15th full reopening of california despite this set back. of course everybody waiting for the next move from the fda. >>> i can tell you this is really a big deal. a big shock to many people hearing about what's going on here. really at this point a link has not been determined between the blood clot disorders and vaccine. still though, they are halting the use of this out of caution. the cdc and fda are recommending a pause in the use of the one shot johnson and johnson coronavirus vaccine to investigate whether it has caused some rare blood clots. >> you want to make sure that safety is the important issue here. we are totally aware that this is a very rare event.

importantly, the vaccine produced by moderna and pfizer are still widely available and we continue to work with pharmacies, states, and fema to make sure the vaccine supply remains robust across the country as we approach april 19 when all americans above age 16 or 18, depending on the vaccine received, will be eligible for vaccination. if you have not been vaccinated, i want to encourage you to do so with one of the available vaccines as soon as you can. widespread vaccination is the only way we will ultimately move past this pandemic. thank you. i'll now turn things over to dr. fauci. dr. fauci: thank you very much, dr. walensky. i'd like to take this opportunity now to call your attention -- can i have the first slide -- to the first soon-to-be first year anniversary of the n.i.h. sponsored coronavirus disease 2019 treatment guidelines panel. next side. this is a panel of individuals, co-chaired by dr. cliff lane, who is my deputy director of n.i. -- niad, and the director of the critical care medicine unit at n.i.h. and roy, who is the chief of infection diseases at cornell medici

if they don't, they will use pfizer, moderna, johnson & johnson. that means more doses of astrazeneca for the rest of the world. the vaccine is desperately needed across latin america and parts of africa where they have very low numbers vaccinated. that is where it should be disturbing and, through covax or through direct purchase. i am not worried about you up and -- europe and the u.s. people should get their second dose and we have other options. it is the countries that do not have the cold chain to manage pfizer or moderna or because of the cost. as long as it gets used, we are not facing a severe problem. >> the europeans were hoping from day one they would have a comprehensive, united approach when it comes to acquiring the same vaccine from astrazeneca. the germans are saying there are talks with the russians for the sputnik vaccine. could this be an indication we are seeing cracks within the european union about dealing with astrazeneca? >> we have seen cracks from the get-go. i do not think they have made themselves particularly vulnerabl

pfizer and moderna use a different technology. this issue has only been seen in the johnson & johnson. >>> and every single bay area county is stopping vaccinations with the johnson & johnson vaccine. as alarming as that may sound for those trying to get a shot. the impact won't be as widespread as you might think. >> california received more than 67,000 doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine none of which will be used. >> we're working those reservations ns ns and pfizer. >> unfortunately now we're having to shift to pfizer for those mobile vaccinations. we're going to continue that pace but with an easier product that is not as a hard to work with. >> the mass vaccination site at the oakland coliseum was relying on j&j but it was able to switch to the pfizer vaccine. it too will switch appointments to pfizer and moderna. dr. patel are the vaccine team says the pause will likely not have a huge impact on the bay area. >> from a supply chain standpoint i don't think it's really going to hinder it much as if it were moderna. >>> of

fauci said they have not seen the same threats from moderna or pfizer, we also hearions here in the u.s. here's what he said. >> thisannouncement will not have a significant impact on our vaccination program. we have more than enough of supply for pfizer and moderna to continue the current pace of about 3 million shots per day. >> so, guys, that is the message from the white house right now they say it should not slow down the u.s. vaccination effort. at the same time, they are ms.ing that regulators acted very quickly on a very small number of cases, which they say should bolster confidence here in the safety of the vaccines we are getting. >> obviously they'll be looking at these six particular cases to see if there's commonalty in either the medications the women used or anything in their medical histories. these were cerebral clots, as i understand it, affecting the brain. were any of these fatal? >> there was one report of a fatality among these six cases so we have also heard about a similar reports in europe for the astrazeneca vaccine, not related to the j&j vaccine as they have

people need to realize is that the moderna and the pfizer are perfectly safe. the johnson & johnson also called janssen vaccine has an extremely high safety profile as well but there is a rare complication that we're trying to understand. >> reporter: 180 million doses of moderna and pfizer have been administered and there have been no reports of blood clots with those shots. again, only six reports with j&j which is extremely bare. in the north bay the "press democrat" reports 39 people who live in sonoma county did contract covid after they were totally vaccinated, a reminder even though pfizer and moderna are 09% effective, they aren't 100% and some people could still contract the virus. dr. anthony fauci said that's not surprising given that tens of millions of people have already received their shots, still your chances of contracting covid after vaccination is very low. reporting live here in pleasanton, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. >>> 6:07. no movement either forward or backward when it comes to reopening in the bay area following

but pfizer and moderna are ready. and i don't think this hats anything once again people want to take the vaccine. >> well that becomes the question does this in some way play into those who are hesitant to begin with even though it is one in a million. and as you said, one death out of 6.8 million doses administered here in the u.s nonetheless does that play into fears that perhaps some in the population have about getting the vaccine? we know there is hesitancy to begin with, jim and we do need a o large percentage of people to get vaccinated as quick as possible i'm somewhat stunned sometimes when you see some of the numbers of certain cohorts i think even the military. did you stee the numbers marines and something of that nature 40%. a shockingly high number of people who said no thank you at least now it is unclear to me that this doesn't hurt the ability to change their minds >> well we're still at 3.2 million, yesterday i think that there are a lot of people who just accepted the fact that they were going and

most of that, subtract 6. 5 million are from pfizer and moderna. there are no red-flag signals from those. so there are tens of millions with no adverse effect. this is a rare event if you look at what we know so far. there are 6 out of 6.85 million doses, which is less than 1 in a million. remember, this is something we always out of abundance of caution, as jeff said, give us a time to take a good look at it and see if we can get further information. i will stop there, and we can obviously take some questions. >> you described this as a very rare event but this seems like a drastic step. do you weigh the risk this could have on the vaccine effort? >> dr. fauci, maybe you want to go after me, but we want to say we have plenty of supply. so we for the last several weeks have been sending 25 million doses out and while we're averaging 3 million shots in arms per day, the 25 million supports actually that level and even accelerating and we just sent out 28 million doses today -- or announced 28 million doses will be sent this week. the states, tribes

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