CDC: Dozens of Adverse Reactions Caused by Anxiety, Not Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

A report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded that anxiety was responsible for dozens of adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, and not the vaccine itself, according to The Hill . The CDC analyzed clusters of anxiety-related events, with 64 incidents out of 8,624 doses administered reported by five mass vaccination sites across five different states. The Associated Press identified the states where the incidents happened as California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, and North Carolina. Researchers said these anxiety-related cases "can occur after any vaccination" if a recipient has a physical reaction within 15 minutes of inoculation due to worries about getting the vaccine. These reactions are not related to the rare incidents of blood clots that led the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration to recommend suspending administration of the J&J vaccine across the United States. Those who had anxiety-related events most commonly cited light-headedness or dizziness, sweating, fainting, nausea or vomiting, and hypotension. The researchers urged vaccine providers to be "aware" of such incidents after inoculation, and to observe all recipients for any reactions for at least 15 minutes after the shot was administered.