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Dr. Karkhanis, can you please walk us through potential<br />
causes for this adverse effect caused by the J&J<br />
vaccine and did all the people affected have a similar<br />
underlying condition?<br />
So basically, they noticed that it was young women 18 to<br />
59 or so years old. But there were no common risk factors.<br />
Some of them had obesity, some of them were on birth<br />
control pills. But there was no common risk factor that all<br />
of them had. So this seems to be a rare complication that<br />
could happen. But the majority of women in that age<br />
group, if they catch COVID, they're more likely to have<br />
that very same complication: 1000 times more likely. So<br />
there is not anything that anyone should particularly<br />
avoid. In general, smoking is not a good idea. But other<br />
than that, there is no real risk factor that we can read out.<br />
What steps are we taking as a globe and in the United<br />
States to ensure vaccine equity? We've heard a lot<br />
about the vaccine sharing effort COVAX. Can you<br />
please tell us more about that and other efforts?<br />
COVAX is led by WHO and UNICEF and two other organizations:<br />
GAVI and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness<br />
Innovations. And then in January after President Biden assumed<br />
office, United States joined COVAX and then in<br />
February, we have donated almost $2 billion to the vaccine
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