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Janssen Vaccine.

Vanessa .Your son and your good self will want to know this if you don't know already.If VRBPAC support and emergency authorization comes at the end of this week, Janssen Pharmaceuticals anticipates to have approximately 4 million doses of Ad.26.COV2.S ready to ship in the US next week.https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/janssen-s-single-dose-covid-19-vaccine-under-fda-review

Ben Gemmingen ● 2070d5 Comments

Thanks Ben, Were you also told that you could not have any vaccine for two years now? I wondered if and when Janssen is rolled out whether or not they might tell you that you got the real thing or a placebo?

Vanessa Smith ● 2069d

If you get invited by the NHS for the vaccination, you need to contact the Janssen team and they will break the seal and confirm whether you received the placebo or not.  If you received the placebo, you can go and attend your appointment. If you have received the real thing, it is a conversation with Janssen but looks like it works well and you won't need to double up.

Cecile Parfitt ● 2069d

Hi Vanessa.I agree with Cecille but also one can leave the trial whenever you choose to and presumably you'd be 'unblinded' then.

Ben Gemmingen ● 2069d

They are trying a booster jab, so they may be interested in following people who have had the real thing to see how it performs? Not sure how it works, but as I there next week for the booster, I will try to find out!

Cecile Parfitt ● 2069d

I had a long chat a couple of weeks ago with one of the research clinicians and they seemed unsure of what will happen next.They said they might unblind the placebo group from the first group and then do another double blind test of the booster.I read somewhere that JnJ are continuing to adapt this vaccine to counter the variants so it's possible the booster might be slightly different to the initial jab. I think I'm due the booster in late March.Please let us know what they say.

Ben Gemmingen ● 2069d