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The US Food and Drug Administration is warning f more serious side effects m the Johnson & Johnson Covi9 vaccine.

A small group of people who received the one dose shote developed a William Barr syndrome and immune system disorder.

Dr Timothy Friel is an infectious disease specialt with Lehigh Valley Health Network.

He says the condition causs weakness or tingling in the body, typically from the ft up.

But he hasn't had any local patients report such side effects.

To date we have not seen ae who has developed vaccine associated Baret.

As noted, only 100 cases he been reported to the FDA as the country to this date.

And remember, just because those cases were reported s not necessarily mean that e vaccine has caused Parryvie says that the reported cass are among nearly 13 millioJ vaccine recipient.

The FDA says the benefits r outweigh the risks.

We have to balance risk and benefit of vaccination vers not getting vaccinated.

And we still know that thea is very, very compelling.

Even when you look at the likelihood of a rare side effect like this, the likelihood of other bad outcomes associated with developing Covid in all age groups outweighs the potenl risk of this side effect.

In the past, gonorrhea hasn associated with the swine u vaccine for PBS39 in Britty Sweeney your health check s brought to you by Capitol BlueCross.

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