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PODCAST-19: FiveThirtyEight on the Novel Coronavirus

The Johnson & Johnson Pause Shows The System Is Working

Federal health agencies asked states to pause in their use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine while U.S. officials investigate reports of an extremely rare blood-clotting syndrome that has developed in six people who have received the vaccine. Given how few people are sick, why did the U.S. recommend a pause? And what's it say about how the monitoring system is working?
PODCAST-19: FiveThirtyEight on the Novel Coronavirus
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