Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Site Shut Down After Adverse Reactions Reported
BY JACK PHILLIPS April 8, 2021 Updated: April 8, 2021
A mass vaccination site at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Colorado was shut down after several adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson CCP virus vaccine, said Centura Health, which is managing the site.
More than 600 people who had appointments were turned away from the “Vaccines for All” event in Commerce City after 11 people who were administered the shot developed adverse reactions during the on-site observation period, Kevin Massey, a spokesperson for Centura Health, told local news outlets.
“Following the administration of the J&J vaccine and during onsite observation, we saw a limited number of adverse reactions to the vaccine,” Centura Health said in a separate statement. “We followed our protocols and in an abundance of caution, made the decision—in partnership with the state—to pause operations for the remainder of the day.”
The Colorado Department of Public Health said some patients experienced nausea and dizziness after getting the J&J vaccine, while Centura confirmed that nine individuals were monitored on-site and were sent home and two individuals were taken to nearby hospitals out of an abundance of caution.
“Over 1,700 patients received their shots today, and the 640 patients who were unable to receive their vaccine this afternoon will automatically be rescheduled for Sunday, April 11, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Our goal is to continue to vaccinate Coloradans as quickly as possible while keeping our patients’ safety at the forefront,” said Centura.
Massey told the Denver Post that the number of people who experienced adverse reactions was about 0.8 percent.
“We followed our protocols and, in an abundance of caution, made the decision—in partnership with the state—to pause operations for the remainder of the day,” Massey said.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a one-dose vaccine for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19. That’s opposed to the two-shot Moderna and Pfizer vaccines that are also approved for emergency use in the United States.
Before Wednesday’s event, the state health department recorded 10 reactions at Colorado’s community mass-vaccination sites, according to the paper.
Reactions to COVID-19 vaccines have been reported in recent weeks, including a Virginia man who suffered a reported skin reaction after what doctors said was from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Colorado Health officials, following the closure of the site, stressed that getting the vaccine is “far safer than getting severely sick with COVID-19.”
European Union health officials on Wednesday made a similar statement after researchers found a “possible link” between the AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine and rare blood clots.
The Epoch Times has contacted Centura for additional comment.
Why not J&J?
First off, it's efficacy rate is much lower. While it's quite likely to lower your chance of hospitalization if you get covid, I don't want to get covid at all in high enough viral loads that I can pass it to my kids.
Think about chicken pox and shingles. Chicken pox was milder on children, but it can come back to haunt you years later. What are the long term effects of having covid? Nobody knows!
So ya, if I'm going to work I want the Pfizer or the Moderna to keep my viral load (if I get it) low enough that when Daddy gets hugs I'm not giving my kids the CCP virus. Yanno?
So that's number 1. Number 2 is that while it is a "traditional vaccine" it was developed at lightning speed. The Pfizer and the Moderna are designed to swap in and out RNA sequences but essentially are the same "delivery" system. They are a decades in development concept and all the information I have says that they aren't that scary. There isn't much in them. They are even low on preservatives. This is one of the least scary vaccines I've ever taken to be honest. The J&J, by contrast, isn't a decades in development thing. I feel like a guinea pig getting it.
And finally, while they are not life threatening, if you lookup J&J on VAERS there are more adverse side effects.
So it was developed in a hurry, it has more side effects and it's less useful.
Is it going to mass sterilize people, give you a 5G chip or let Bill Gate track you? Nah, I'm not going to conspiracy theory here. But I'm not taking it.
To be fair, it's definitely preferable to have chicken pox as a child. It's highly contagious and spreads easily, which is why most people had it as children (before there was a vaccine). Once a person has had it, the virus (varicella-zoster) becomes inactive. Later in life, if for some reason the virus reactivates, it manifests as shingles. Shingles is not contagious as shingles, but a person who has never had chicken pox can get the chicken pox from someone who has shingles. But, chicken pox is much more deadly in adults, which is why people used to have pox parties and such to make sure that their kids got it when they were young.
But now there has been a vaccine since the 90s, and no one is allowed to get the chicken pox anymore, since maybe 100 people died every year from it. They think the vaccine may last 10-20 years, but people may need boosters if they don't have natural immunity, because you definitely don't want the pox as an adult.
Chickenpox wasn't completely benign though. 1-2 out of 1000 kids required hospitalization. It could lead to seizures and coma even in kids.
Since vaccination, the incidence of chickenpox has gone down 97%. The vaccine has been amazing for public health.