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Prognosis: Misconception

Johnson & Johnson's CEO on the Newest Vaccine

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1838 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Now that Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine has been cleared by regulators, the company needs to ramp up doses fast. J and J is looking for manufacturing partnerships to increase supply. Riley Griffin spoke to the company’s chief executive officer, Alex Gorsky about his plan to immunize 20 million Americans by the end of the month, and 100 million by the end of June.

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0:34.1

Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 352 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.

0:43.7

Today's main story, Johnson & Johnson's one-shot vaccine has been approved by regulators.

0:51.1

We asked the CEO, how he plans to increase supply to get 100 million people vaccinated by summer.

1:00.9

But first, here's what happened in virus news today. The Biden administration has already begun shipping almost 4 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.

1:25.3

On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommended the

1:30.3

shot for adults. Now that all regulatory hurdles have been cleared, providers can finally start

1:37.2

administering doses of the first one-shot vaccine. The first deliveries of the vaccine will arrive as early as Tuesday.

1:46.7

That's according to senior administration officials who held a briefing call on condition

1:51.5

of anonymity.

1:53.3

The officials said the shots will be shipped through every distribution channel, including

1:58.1

to states on a per capita basis, as well as directly to pharmacies

2:03.3

and community health centers.

2:06.4

The UK is trying to trace a person infected with the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus.

2:13.4

Six cases of the mutation, which originated in the Amazonian city of Manaus, have been detected

2:19.7

in the UK.

2:22.0

While five have been found, the identity of the final patient is still unknown, because they

2:27.9

failed to complete a test registration card, leaving health officials without the information

2:33.9

needed to find them.

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