Today the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the independent group of experts that advises the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recommended that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be reinstated in the Unites States' vaccination campaign in a 10 to 4 vote.
One member abstained from voting because of a conflict of interest.This ends an 10-day pause on use of the vaccine. The pause began after rare blood clots, called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), were detected in a handful of patients in the weeks following vaccination.
At the time of the pause, the Johnsons & Johnson vaccine made up only 5% of immunizations given in the United States, but has