The Johnson & Johnson Pause

Social Distance

The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC

Health & Fitness, News, Science

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Should the ‘pause’ in Johnson & Johnson vaccine worry us? Also, Jim got his first shot! But with so many people experiencing strong reactions to their second doses, what should he — and maybe you — expect? Atlantic staff writer Katherine Wu joins to explain (and stays to talk cicadas!) Support this show and all of The Atlantic’s journalism by becoming a subscriber at theatlantic.com/supportus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi Jim, I'm
0:05.0	Hi, I'm Maeve.
0:07.0	Let's do the show.
0:09.0	I have some questions for you.
0:10.0	Yeah, well I have some big news too. This is social distance, the Atlantic's podcast about the pandemic. I'm Jim Hamblin. I'm a doctor and staff writer at the Atlantic.
0:20.0	And I'm Mae Higgins, I'm a comedian and I'm a writer.
0:23.0	So Jim, can you tell us your big news?
0:27.0	Well, I think you know already, but I got my...
0:31.0	Yeah, because I saw your Instagram. I got my... Yeah because I saw your Instagram. I got my first shot. I got a
0:37.5	vaccinated against COVID-19. Yay! I'm delighted. That's the appropriate.
0:44.0	I know, I know.
0:45.0	It's like everyone is doing it, so it's hard to genuinely feel excitement, but I appreciate your
0:50.0	humoring me.
0:52.0	Certainly, you know, I liked your Instagram post. I was really happy, but I was like,
0:57.0	oh, Jim, everyone's gotten up by now, you know, of my friends in New York. But I was also like, wait a second, we're talking about James
1:05.8	Hamblin who has been worried about this pandemic longer than the rest of us because I remember
1:11.6	speaking to you in February of 2020.
1:14.6	Also, you know, you've been doing so much work around covering both the virus and the
1:20.7	vaccine. And so how was it like?
1:23.5	How did it feel and how did you get your appointment and what happened?
1:27.5	It honestly felt like Christmas morning when I was wake up.
1:31.5	I was so excited and then I was happy after it and it felt like a real
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