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J&J COVID Vax Pulled From Market, 12.5M Doses Trashed

A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Moderna COVID-19 booster shot from a Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse, at a vaccination station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. More than 1,419,000 people have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mississippi, and according to the Mississippi State Department of Health, most COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are now among unvaccinated Mississippians. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
  • Anyone still interested in getting COVID shots will have one fewer option, as the CDC announced that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine “is no longer available in the U.S.”
  • The federal government had purchased 31.5 million Johnson & Johnson shots and distributed them to the states and other jurisdictions, which means about 12.5 million doses will go to waste.

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