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Skeletons from the past: The crisis of confidence with Johnson's vaccine has a good reason - Walla! health

2021-03-11T05:22:58.488Z


Chips and 5G are claims of vaccine opponents that are very easy to refute and dismiss, but there are also quite a few people who are actually interested in getting vaccinated, and find it difficult to trust the Johnson & Johnson company and have a good reason. In three words: the carcinogenic talc affair


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Skeletons from the past: The crisis of confidence with Johnson's vaccine has a good reason

Chips and 5G are claims of vaccine opponents that are very easy to refute and dismiss, but there are also quite a few people who are actually interested in getting vaccinated, and find it difficult to trust the Johnson & Johnson company and have a good reason.

In three words: the carcinogenic talc affair

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In video: FDA approved the use of the Johnson & Johnson corona vaccine (Photo: Reuters)

Amid the night of (mostly unfounded) claims by opponents of vaccines against corona vaccines, there is at least one argument worth addressing regarding the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and it bothers not only vaccine opponents but also people who want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 but It is difficult to trust a society that in the not-too-distant past still has a very moral and problematic stain.



Already after receiving the FDA emergency approval on February 27, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine given in one dose (unlike Pfizer and Moderna) was criticized for its efficacy percentages, which in clinical trials were lower than those of competing vaccines (66 percent Efficacy compared to 94-95 percent efficacy for Pfizer and Modern vaccines).

But the public still remembers another sad affair in which Johnson was involved - the carcinogenic talc affair.

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In 2018, a court in the United States ruled that Johnson & Johnson should pay $ 4.7 billion in damages to 22 women who filed a class-action lawsuit against the company, claiming they had cancer as a result of using its toiletries, especially talcum powder. They knew that talc contained small, carcinogenic particles of asbestos and whitewashed it, and in the same year a huge investigation was published by the Reuters news agency, which brought evidence (internal company memos) that Johnson & Johnson had known since the 1970s that some of their products might contain carcinogens. And pests.

trust crisis.

Vials containing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine (Photo: Reuters)

Across the United States, dozens more lawsuits have been and are being filed against Johnson & Johnson in this case, all of which the company continues to resolutely defend the safety of its products and denies knowing it could cause cancer.

Even in cases where she lost in the first instance (in some cases the claims were dismissed), Johnson handles appeal claims that last for years and years.



Although scientists say there is no reason to link Johnson's new vaccine to that serious affair and encourage as many people as possible to be vaccinated with any vaccine available to them to stop the epidemic - this is not always enough to satisfy public opinion, which has experienced a severe crisis of confidence with C Wonson & Johnson.

"If they offer me Johnson's vaccine - I will refuse"

One example is Candice Ford, from Louisville Kentucky who said in an interview with Newsweek magazine that she would not be willing to get vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine precisely because of the controversy surrounding the carcinogenic talc affair.

"It's mostly because of the talc and asbestos lawsuits. I have no confidence that they can produce a safe vaccine. It still feels like the whole process of developing these vaccines has been accelerated. As for Modern and Pfizer we knew they were working on vaccines for months, and with Johnson It's as if they just showed up one bright day with a vaccine. "



Ford added that the percentage of efficacy also affects its position on J & J's vaccine: "Even the fact that the vaccine is only 66 percent bothers me. I would rather be vaccinated with a modern or Pfizer vaccine and I am afraid I will not have a choice at all. "Johnson & Johnson, I will refuse."

"A company that has been silent for more than 20 years and does not warn its customers of danger is a company I can not trust."

Johnson & Johnson Talc Bottles (Photo: ShutterStock)

Like other corona vaccines, Johnson's efficacy rates vary according to the severity of the disease: the overall efficacy of one dose of the vaccine is 66.1 percent, but it is 85.4 percent effective in preventing severe Covid-19 morbidity.

Although the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines require two doses a few weeks apart, their overall efficacy is about 94 percent and 95 percent, respectively.



John Guernick of Ontario, Canada, lost his mother in 1995, after battling ovarian cancer for several years.

She has used Johnson & Johnson products for many years, including talcum powder.

He, too, expressed distrust in the company's vaccine, blaming it mainly on evidence released by Reuters in 2018 about the company's early knowledge of the danger in its products and the long rendering.

"A company that has been silent for 20 years or more and does not warn its customers of danger, is a company I can not trust. I can not help but wonder what they are hiding from the public about their vaccine?".

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Johnson & Johnson declined to comment on concerns raised by the public about the company's corona vaccine, but said in a statement: "The Johnson & Johnson company understands that lawsuits in the U.S. talc case have caused confusion and doubts about the safety of the talc. Talc, and is committed to trying to ensure that the real facts regarding product safety are brought to the public's attention.

Our heart goes out to everyone who is dealing with cancer, which is also why it is so important to us that people know the facts.

We continue to be sure that our talcum powder is safe to use, does not contain asbestos and does not cause cancer. "

Logistical advantages over other vaccines.

Delivery of Johnson & Johnson corona vaccines lands in Johannesburg, South Africa, immediately after FDA approval (Photo: Reuters)

As for the vaccine, independent experts continue to give it their trust.

President of the American Medical Association Susan R.

Bailey told Newsweek that "each of the approved vaccines against Covid-19 has undergone rigorous, grueling and transparent development, testing and approval procedures. All three vaccines are highly effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths from corona."



Dr. Bailey also specifically addressed the benefits of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine over the two vaccines previously approved: “The newest vaccine is a vaccine given in only one dose, and has logistical advantages that allow it to be stored and transported to end clinics as well. Much more likely than the other vaccines approved - it brings us even closer to the desired reduction in mortality and serious illness.

When a donor arrives to get vaccinated, we urge them to take any vaccine offered to them. "



Another doctor who addressed the issue of trust in Johnson & Johnson's products in the context of the Corona vaccine is Dr. Peter Hotz, dean of the School of Tropical Medicine and a lecturer in pediatrics. Molecular virology at Baylor College School of Medicine. Dr. Hotz noted that most of the vaccine supplies to the U.S. will not be manufactured at all by Johnson, but by the pharmaceutical company Merck. In early March, a partnership agreement was signed between Merck and the Biden administration. J&J in its first framework will assist in the production and distribution of vaccines throughout the United States.



"Soup will be the one to produce most of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines in the U.S., so the concern about Johnson's production safety is not even relevant here.

"It's a good vaccine, and I would not be surprised if in the future it also becomes a two-dose vaccine, with a second booster dose that will contain a vaccine adapted to the new variants of the virus," Hotz concluded.

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