Name: Serious side-effects from coronavirus vaccines very rare, records show
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Description: Data show serious side-effects from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are extremely rare: 6.7 million doses have been administered, the six women are the only cases reported so far.

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Data show serious side-effects from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are extremely rare: 6.7 million doses have been administered, the six women are the only cases reported so far.

WE GET WHEN THE SYSTEM PASSES. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED SO FAR. 30.9% OF ADULTS IN THE STATE HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED. 41.5% HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY VACCINATED. >>> THE PAUSE OF THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON COVID VACCINE IS RAISING QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN VACCINATED. WHAT IS A REAL RISK? >> WRAL INVESTIGATE  SEARCHED THROUGH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VACCINE REACTIONS RECORDS TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. JOE FISHER IS LIVE WITH THAT STORY. >> Reporter: HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, ABOUT 250,000 PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THE J&J SHOT WITH NO TIES TO THIS SERIOUS INCIDENT AND SEVERE BLOOD CLOTS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE CDC. STILL, STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE PAUSING THE USE OF J&J UNTIL MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. >> I AM NOT 100% SURPRISED. IN FACT, I THINK IT IS A WISE AND PRUDENT THING TO DO. >> Reporter: THIS EPIDEMIOLOGIST SAID THE PAUSE NOW IS A GOOD CHOICE SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WOMEN WITH THE RARE CLOTTING CONDITION. >> IT REALLY PROVIDES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FURTHER AT THOSE CASES AND EXAMINE THEIR MEDICAL HISTORY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CAUSED THOSE EVENTS. >> Reporter: WE STILL DON'T KNOW IF THE J&J VACCINE PLAYED A ROLE IN SIX WOMEN WHO WERE DIAGNOSED WITH CEREBRAL VENOUS SINUS VERSUS, ALSO KNOWN AS CBS- TV, IN COMBINATION WITH LOW PLATELET LEVELS. THE NUMBERS SHOW THE CASES ARE RARE, SIX REPORTED WITH 6.8 MILLION DOSES OF J&J ADMINISTERED. THAT IS LESS THAN A 1 IN A 1 MILLION CHANCE OF HAVING A SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT. >> IF THIS IS SO RARE, WHY WOULD THE CDC AND FDA PUT A PAUSE ON THE VACCINE ALTOGETHER? >> IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND CAUSE MORE FATAL OR CRITICAL EVENTS OR SIDE EFFECTS LIKE THIS. >> Reporter: THIS DOCTOR SPECIALIZES IN VASCULAR MEDICINE AND SAID THE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE SEVERE HEADACHE, ABDOMINAL PAIN, LEG PAIN AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH. >> IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PATIENT NEEDS TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. >> Reporter: ALL OF THE CURRENT COVID VACCINES HAVE SHOWN LESS SERIOUS CLOTTING REACTIONS BUT AGAIN, THE CHANCES ARE SMALL. NATIONALLY, PFIZER HAS REPORTED 147 INCIDENCES OF THROMBOSIS. MODERNA 100 AND J&J 14. IN NORTH CAROLINA, THERE HAS BEEN ONLY SIX CLOTTING INCIDENCES. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE DOSES ADMINISTERS, THE SCRIPT FLIPS. J&J HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CLOTTING REACTIONS PER 100,000 DOSES AT 20. PFIZER IS NEXT WITH 15, FOLLOWED BY MODERNA WITH 12. EXPERTS STILL SAY ANY SHOT IS BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE. >> WHEN YOU ARE A 55-YEAR-OLD PERSON, YOUR RISK OF DYING FROM COVID-19 IS MUCH, MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN AN ADVERSE REACTION TO THE VACCINE ITSELF. >> Reporter: DR. McDONALD POINTS OUT AGAIN, THIS IS BEING

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