My brother is getting the J&J vaccine today and I'm relieved that I can stop worrying about him. (I'm up soon!) I don't know anyone who is concerned that it's an inferior vaccine, and he thought not having to make a second trip to the site was a bonus.
Some people may have a reason for needing one vaccine over another, due to allergies to ingredients, or approval for their age group. For most people, take whatever shot you can get.
I do appreciate that sites are letting us know what vaccine they have available though. For some people, a second trip is a hardship, or they do have one of those contraindications.
This video shows why the effectiveness of Pfizer/Moderna/J&J/AstraZeneca can't be measured against each other. The tests were conducted in different conditions.
https://www.vox.com/22311625/covid-19-vaccine-efficacy-johnson-moderna-pfizer
@joerebelloharley@tilde.zone @MariaHill one of the other advantages of the j&j is ~20/40% less chance of side effects than pfizer/moderna respectively. j&j also reaches full protection 2 weeks faster than moderna.. so even if efficacy were the same, the extra 2 weeks of protection is worth something too.
@resist1984 @joerebelloharley @MariaHill I was happy to get j&j, although technically I got Jassen. Even better imo after the screw up in the Baltimore facility.
@LiliVonShtupp @MariaHill @joerebelloharley@tilde.zone what happened in Baltimore?
@resist1984 A plant (a contractor) that was responsible for filling the vials (not making the vaccines) of both J&J and AstraZeneca somehow tainted some of the J&J supply by mixing up the two different vaccines. I'm not sure of all of the details of how that happened, because all I needed to know was that the vaccine was spoiled and wasn't going to the states. J&J's response was to take over the plant with its own employees and only bottle the J&J vaccine there. @LiliVonShtupp @joerebelloharley