Name: Benefits of vaccines far outweigh risks, experts say
Uploaded: 2021-04-13T20:10:00-0400
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Description: Health care providers across North Carolina on Tuesday stopped giving shots of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine as part of a nationwide "pause" to assess potential health risks.

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Health care providers across North Carolina on Tuesday stopped giving shots of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine as part of a nationwide "pause" to assess potential health risks.

<p>WRAL NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. &gt;&gt;&gt; THIS IS WRAL NEWS, YOUR NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS. &gt;&gt;&gt; YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SAFETY IS THE IMPORTANT ISSUE HERE. WE ARE TOTALLY AWARE THAT THIS IS A VERY RARE EVENT. WE WANT TO GET THIS WORKED OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. &gt;&gt; TONIGHT DR. ANTHONY FAUCI IS DEFENDING THE FDA AND THE CDC WHO PAUSED ADMINISTERING THE JOHNSON &amp; JOHNSON VACCINE. HE SAYS HE WANTS TO LEAD WITH SCIENCE. SCIENTISTS ARE INVESTIGATING TO SEE IF THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN THE J&amp;J SHOT AND SIX WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCED VERY RARE BLOOD CLOTS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT 6:00. &gt;&gt;&gt; WE HAVE LEARNED THAT OF THOSE SIX WOMEN, ONE PERSON DIED AND ANOTHER IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. CLOSE TO 7 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED THE JOHNSON &amp; JOHNSON SINGLE DOSE. THE PROBLEMS ARE LESS THAN 1 IN 1 MILLION. IN NORTH CAROLINA, MORE THAN 242,000 PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED IT. AS A RESULT OF TODAY 'S NEWS, LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS DECIDED TO SWITCH BACK TO PFIZER AND MODERNA. DR. MANDY COHEN ALSO ADDRESSED REPORTERS THIS AFTERNOON AND SHE CAUTIONED AGAINST OVERREACTING. SHE IS NOW WORRIED ABOUT INCREASED SKEPTICISM AND HESITANCY. &gt;&gt; I THINK THAT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT SHOWED THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST SAFETY SYSTEM IN PLACE AND THAT THE SYSTEM IS WORKING TO IDENTIFY ANY CONCERNS. &gt;&gt; AGAIN, DR. COHEN REITERATING THAT 242,000 PEOPLE STATEWIDE HAVE RECEIVED THE J&amp;J SHOULD SHOTS, DR. COHEN AMONG THEM. SHE SAYS THIS PAUSE WILL HELP OUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS MAKE A PLAN FOR HOW TO TREAT AWARE PATIENTS AND THEIR CLIENTS, IF THEY SEE IT. &gt;&gt; WRAL'S AMANDA LAMB SPOKE WITH LOCAL HEALTH ISSUES ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND JOINS US FROM PNC ARENA. AMANDA COX &gt;&gt; Reporter: ALL OF THESE HEALTH SYSTEMS WERE BUSY PIVOTING TODAY. THEY HAVE DONE JUST THAT. HERE AT PNC TOMORROW IN THIS SPOT, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET FIRST AND SECOND DOSES OF PFIZER. A FEW MINUTES AGO, WAKE COUNTY HEALTH SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE TELLING US ABOUT OTHER PLANS. THEY DID HAVE SOME J&amp;J VACCINE CLINICS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WILL NOW SHIP THOSE TO MODERNA. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO INTERRUPTION. &gt;&gt; Reporter: WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET VACCINATED AND THEN HAVE POSSIBLE HEALTH ISSUES? &gt;&gt; I FEEL LIKE THE NUMBERS AREN'T BIG ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SAY NO. &gt;&gt; Reporter: JOSH WAS VACCINATED WITH ASTRAZENECA WHEN HE WAS LIVING IN BRETON. THAT IS A COVID VACCINE THAT LIGHT, SIMILAR TO J&amp;J, IT IS LINKED TO BLOOD CLOTS IN A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE. HE BELIEVES THE VACCINE IS STILL WORTH THE RISK. &gt;&gt; IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE, IT IS YOUR CHOICE FOR THE WHICH ONE YOU CAN DO. I THINK THE CHOICE OF WHETHER OR NOT TO GET IT SHOULD BE OFF THE TABLE. &gt;&gt; Reporter: ENOUGH CONCERN ABOUT J&amp;J THAT IT HAS BEEN PULLED FROM USE. &gt;&gt; THERE MAY BE A VERY, VERY RARE SIDE EFFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONE PARTICULAR VACCINE, WHICH HAS OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE LIKE, INCLUDING BEING EASIER TO ADMINISTER AND ONLY ONE DOSE. WE ARE NOT SURE. WE ARE INVESTIGATING. &gt;&gt; Reporter: DOCTORS SAY IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO TEMPORARILY HALT J&amp;J VACCINATIONS BUT THEY ALSO SAY IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HEALTH SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO VACCINATE PEOPLE WITH ALTERNATIVE VACCINES, LIKE MODERNA AND PFIZER. &gt;&gt; THE VAST BENEFITS OF THESE VACCINES SO FAR ARE REALLY, REALLY OUTWEIGHING ANY RISK. &gt;&gt; Reporter: STILL, NOT EVERYONE IS CONVINCED. &gt;&gt; I FEEL LIKE IF YOU ARE RELEASING ANYTHING THAT HAS SIDE EFFECTS, IT IS NOT REALLY READY TO BE RELEASED, UNLESS YOU KNOW WHO IT IS GOING TO AFFECT. &gt;&gt; Reporter: SO FAR, ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED THE J&amp;J SHOT FROM DUKE HEALTH SYSTEMS AND 11,400 FROM UNC HEALTH. UNC TELLS US MOST OF THOSE</p>

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<p>Hi, everyone. Meteorologist Anthony Baglione here on this Friday where we're still looking at some relatively warm temperatures into this afternoon. 83 is where we should hit for a high temperature. Nice and quiet for us until we get later on into late this afternoon into this evening where we're gonna watch the potential for some showers and storms coming through. Not a ton of activity for us as we head later on into tonight. There's a look at rain chances though. They go up to about 50% as we head into that evening time frame. So if you have any plans tonight, if you want to go out and get a Friday evening dinner or something like that, it might be a good idea to a, get the indoor table and then b bring along the reindeer just in case tonight. Here's a look at Future cast. So we time this out looking pretty quiet here the next couple of hours that band back to our west, it should start to weaken as it gets closer to us. It may try and restrengthen them as we get into. Like there's four o'clock you can see on Futurecast 56 o'clock or so, some of those storms could be on the stronger side and then it pushes out of here as we get later on into tonight and then we see maybe a stray shower potential still outline for tomorrow morning. Here's a look at our severe potential today. Level one out of five for most of the viewing area. What this is saying is there could be some isolated pockets where we get some stronger storms. It looks like the best chances for that would be west of us. But gusty winds would be our primary threat as we get into this evening. 78 is where we go for our Saturday. A huge temperature swing there into Sunday at 59 scattered showers are gonna be likely though, especially Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening, they do start to taper off though late Sunday night. So for the Tar Heel 10 miler, that's tomorrow morning, we are proud partners of that. We're going to see temperatures in the sixties for the majority of the forecast there. A stray showers possible, but most of the morning is looking just fine for that event. Tomorrow. We head over the next seven. We go from 83 today all the way down to 59 on Sunday. A rebound of 66 on Monday and then a nice week next week attempts in the seventies, even a few upper sixties there Thursday looking pretty quiet after we get some rainfall there to close out our weekend.</p>

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After 22 years in business, Armadillo Grill on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh has closed.



WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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