Doctors, he said, can put that into perspective.
“I would advise a patient of mine: ‘You have a higher risk of having blood clots if you contract COVID-19 than you are of having a blood clot from this vaccine,’ Christ said.
“Hearing that kind of data from your healthcare provider actively encouraging you to get vaccinated, or something like, ‘We have the vaccine, we just go into the next room and get it,’ could be a big factor in getting to some who just want more information about the vaccine, ” he said. “I think it would be a great help.”
Christ, who belongs to the group of women ages 18 to 49 who appear to be at increased risk of blood clots from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, said she would get it if they had not already been vaccinated.
Coming soon the children, wait
The state continues to strive for “herd immunity,” the point at which enough Arizonans are vaccinated so that the virus has a hard time finding a new host. Medical experts put that figure at a minimum of 70%.
Vaccine questions aside, there is also the issue of vaccinating children. While they seem to get less sick from the virus, although some mutations seen elsewhere have proven fatal, they can still carry and transmit the disease.
Christ said he hopes Pfizer will have federal approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA, in mid-May to begin vaccinating anyone 12 years and older. That would open the door to vaccinating between 320,000 and 400,000 Arizona youths). , He said.
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