showed that among those who say they want to wait and see how the vaccines are working before getting vaccinated themselves, a larger share would get the J&J one-dose vaccine compared to either of the two-dose options.
Add all of these factors up and the J&J pause could have "an important negative impact on the U.S. vaccination rate," he said. And while the vaccination campaign among New York homeless is off to a solid start — Nortz said the city's most recent announcement showed about 4,500 fully vaccinated single homeless adults out of some 21,000 in total, a pace not far behind the nationwide rate — the J&J halt is going to be a hurdle.
"The fact that the other two approved vaccines require, in one case, deep refrigeration storage makes it very challenging to do anything mobile or pop-up or with an unknown number of people showing up," she said. Liz Schwandt, who runs a volunteer group called Get Out the Shot aimed at helping people book vaccine appointments in Los Angeles, said that many of the callers into her team's helpline don't have traditional job benefits or protections such as time off from work. Many of them are domestic workers such as house cleaners, private nannies, or gardeners who get paid in cash off the books.
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