The vaccine once called a “game changer” in the COVID vaccination drive is instead just a supporting player in the push to get Hoosiers vaccinated.
Health officials predicted the Johnson and Johnson vaccine would reshape the pandemic fight — because it requires one dose instead of two, people wouldn’t have to disrupt their schedules twice. In early April, the J-and-J vaccine accounted for about a third of Indiana vaccinations. Johnson and Johnson now accounts for only about one-seventh of new vaccinations.
Then the FDA paused the vaccine for 10 days to investigate instances of a rare blood clotting disorder. Even after the FDA declared the vaccine safe, people began choosing the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. Johnson and Johnson now accounts for only about one-seventh of new vaccinations.
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