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The Big Three 4-13-21
1 The CDC is recommending a “pause” of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots were observed in the sinuses of the brain along with reduced platelet counts — making the usual treatment for blood clots, the blood thinner heparin, potentially “dangerous.”
2 The CDC Director is calling on Michigan to shut down in an effort to control the state’s high positivity rate.
But Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday that she is not planning to impose widespread restrictions like she has done in the past. She says increasing vaccines and achieving herd immunity is the best strategy now.
3 Protesters and police clashed again last night in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, over the death of Daunte Wright. The 20-year-old was fatally shot by an officer Sunday during a traffic stop. Police Chief Tim Gannon said the officer who shot Wright, identified as Officer Kim Potter, meant to deploy a Taser instead of her gun.
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