Washtenaw County woman’s death attributed to rare complication from Johnson & Johnson vaccine, report says

WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. – It’s a staggering quantity to think about — More than 700,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 for the reason that begin of the pandemic.

Whereas vaccines have been overwhelmingly profitable at defending individuals from contracting the virus, in uncommon instances, there have been documented sicknesses and even deaths.

In April, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was temporarily suspended after reports of blood clots. Throughout that point, a Washtenaw County lady died after getting the only dose. A postmortem examination decided the girl died from issues of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

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Sandra Jacobs’ didn’t wish to get vaccinated however in the end determined to as a result of she needed to journey for work.

A 14-page post-mortem report written by Dr. Caplan from Michigan Medicine lists the reason for dying as a complication of the vaccine.

“That is proof that it will probably occur,” stated Jacob’s daughter, Tatum Strieter-Byron.

Strieter-Byron stated the postmortem report validates what she’s recognized for months.

“Most individuals, they don’t wish to imagine that anyone might have died from the vaccine. That’s why I needed a report,” she stated.

Jacobs, a 60-year-old Washtenaw County grandmother, died lower than two weeks after getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

“All of us might most likely identify at the least one one that handed from COVID, and in order that response is, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry.’ Nevertheless, whenever you say that my mother died from the vaccine, the response just isn’t the identical. It’s it’s undoubtedly met with quite a lot of skepticism,” Strieter-Byron stated.

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Jacobs began having complications, nausea and chest ache shortly after getting the single-dose shot. Her physician suggested over-the-counter ache drugs.

When she didn’t present up for work or go online remotely, a involved pal discovered her physique inside her house.

“Personally I’ve quite a lot of ‘God, I want she would have waited,’” Strieter-Byron stated. “It was pulled off the market 5 days after she received it and he or she died two days earlier than it went again in the marketplace. So for me, it’s nearly like including insult to damage at that time.”

In April, federal well being officers briefly paused the J&J vaccine after a number of sufferers developed a uncommon blood clotting dysfunction.

As of Oct. 22, greater than 15 million People have gotten the J&J vaccine. There are believed to be 5 confirmed deaths, together with Jacobs.

The pathologist dominated her dying as pure, including that “since it is a recognized but uncommon complication of the vaccine, it could even be thought of a therapeutic complication.”

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“I do know she would need her story heard. I do know that if she might assist to not sway individuals in some way but when she might assist individuals by sharing her expertise, she would as a result of that’s the kind of particular person she was,” Strieter-Byron stated.

Strieter-Byron stated she misses the little issues essentially the most.

“When you have a query about one thing, you name your mother. However I don’t, I can’t name my mother,” she stated. “A loss is a loss. So, if anyone dies from COVID, it’s equally as dangerous as anyone who dies from a vaccine. So simply to attempt to keep in mind their human facet as a result of I don’t know that lots of people are nonetheless doing that.”

Jacobs did have some underlying well being points together with a number of sclerosis, coronary heart illness and weight problems.

Johnson & Johnson launched the next assertion:

“The protection and well-being of each particular person who receives a Johnson & Johnson product stays our prime precedence. Any antagonistic occasion report about people receiving Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, in addition to our personal evaluation of the report, is shared with the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Company, the World Well being Group (WHO) and different acceptable well being authorities the place our vaccine is permitted.”

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