So Here's Where This Is Going To Go

Statement from former President Trump on the pause of J&J vaccines: pic.twitter.com/nsL8T8kwRK

— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) April 13, 2021

Wait for it...

FDA/CDC call just now seems to imply that the pause is mostly to prepare clinicians to advise, diagnose & treat patients who MAY develop CVST & related conditions due to vaccination.

Glad advisory committee will meet tmrw.

Hope this pause is brief. #JohnsonandJohnson

— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021

Pause for “deliberation and appropriate diagnosis and treatment”.

— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021

“It was clear to us that we alert the public. We included the pause so physician community could learn what they needed to learn..” #JohnsonandJohnson

— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021

“It is possible we will learn of more cases. It is part of the reason we are taking the pause.” #JohnsonandJohnson

— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) April 13, 2021

And to reduce that to a tweet:

This is important: The pause on J&J will ensure that doctors get accurate information on how to treat the complicationhttps://t.co/2r8EUqNFO3 pic.twitter.com/7yx5JrlnxG

— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) April 13, 2021

The issue is treatment of patients, not "OMIGOD WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE FROM BLOOD CLOTS! Let it be noted that "vaccine Twitter" is the worst:

Not saying the FDA is infallible, but maybe, just maybe, they know a little bit more about administering vaccines than polling analysts and political reporters and everyone else I see on here blasting the J&J pause.

— Jason Zengerle (@zengerle) April 13, 2021

I really didn't know what that meant, until:

If you are shocked about 6 women getting blood clots from the 7 million people who took the J & J vaccine, wait till I tell you about how many people died who didn’t get a vaccine at all.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) April 13, 2021

And to say it one more time:

Key: “This is a recommendation, not a mandate” says CDC’s Peter Marks, leaving it to doctors to determine if benefits outweigh risk of taking J&J vaccine during this pause.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 13, 2021

So, for pretty much the same reason we know hear ads that are one-quarter "Here's how this wonder drug will kill you or maim you for life, but get your doctor to give you some anyway!," we're getting CDC information that really is meant for physicians who need to know this is possible, and know what they could be looking at if their patients present symptoms, and how to treat it.  In other words, if you don't know what you're talking about:  shut up. 

In any case, as soon as the CDC is satisfied they know what the risks are and how to deal with cases (and most importantly what to advise physicians about this risk), J&J will be back on the market.  And Trump, if he's not on the golf course or hosting another fundraiser so he can't rant about being the victim of election fraud, will take credit for that.

Maybe we don't need Twitter after all.  We certainly don't need Donald Trump.

(Oh, and just BTW (this particular problem has been around for half-a-century or so):

This is a serious issue with birth control medication that most people are unaware of https://t.co/g0ifdHhrFt

— Stephen Cassidy (@MayorCassidy) April 13, 2021

“Most people” used to be aware of this. Little knowledge. Dangerous thing. All that.)