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MSU Moves Vaccinations From Johnson & Johnson To Pfizer

Two separate photos edited together of Mike Balow standing outside next to the MSU campus Sparty statue and Travis Menge at the Lansing Center for the GOP nominating convention.
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Travis Menge and Mike Balow
Mike Balow (left) and Travis Menge (right) are the state Republican party nominees to serve on the MSU Board of Trustees.

Following guidance from U.S. officials Tuesday, Michigan State University is shifting a student vaccination program from the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Pfizer’s.

Last Friday, MSU began inoculating students with the J&J coronavirus vaccine. Almost 600 students got the J&J vaccine last Friday.

On Tuesday, the FDA and CDC released a recommendation to pause the use of the J&J vaccine over a possible link to a rare blood clot. MSU got replacement Pfizer doses from the Ingham County Health Department before the first appointment this week.

By design, there were no appointments on Monday, but there were 3,000 appointments booked for the rest of this week. University spokesman Dan Olsen says there are 4,000 more Pfizer doses expected next week. “We’ll spread that out through the entire week," Olsen explains, "so we’ll be looking at about 800 appointments each day Monday through Friday.”

Olsen says MSU will send information about symptoms to watch out for to the students who got the J&J shot last week.

Scott Pohl is a general assignment news reporter and produces news features and interviews. He is also an alternate local host on NPR's "Morning Edition."
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