Trump takes jab at ‘lunacy’ of Johnson & Johnson vaccination pause

Former President Donald Trump took aim at the Biden administration on Friday evening for allowing for a pause in the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, accusing them of allowing “insanely risk-averse bureaucrats run the show.”

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had announced the pause of the use of the vaccine on Tuesday morning, citing six cases of women experiencing cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in combination with thrombocytopenia, a rare brain blood clot. In a statement issued Friday night, the former president argued that the cases were rare enough that it should not hinder the vaccine roll out, calling the move “sheer lunacy.”