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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: libertybele on April 26, 2021, 10:11:49 pm
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So, the incidence of blood clotting is not limited to females. Meanwhile, all is quiet on the Moderna and Pfeizer vaccines.
California man who received Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine hospitalized with blood clot
A male patient is under care at the University of California San Francisco medical center for blood clotting after he received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, a spokeswoman confirmed to Fox News.
"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first male patient with VITT (vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia) syndrome in the U.S. following the U.S. emergency authorization of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Feb. 27, 2021," UCSF spokeswoman Suzanne Leigh said in a statement.
The Bay Area patient is in his early 30s, "is making a good recovery and is expected to be discharged within a few days," Leigh said.
The patient developed a blood clot in his leg, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. He received the vaccine on April 8, and a week later experienced increasing pain in his lower back and leg. ..........
https://www.foxnews.com/health/man-blood-clot-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccination