
Opinion: US and EU reviews of blood clots and J&J’s Covid vaccine show why a transparent process matters
When the CDC’s top advisory committee met last week to review whether a handful of very rare but potentially fatal blood clots with low platelets might be linked to J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine, the assumption was that the committee would, at the very least, follow its own agenda and vote on whether to wait for more data, or make interim age- or risk-based recommendations for the vaccine.
Instead, the committee did neither, punting its vote until this Friday when it can hold a longer discussion with the latest data. None of the ACIP members raised major concerns with the decision, or lack thereof, despite some calls to not pause the vaccine indefinitely.
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