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J&J Vaccine Has The Most COVID 'Breakthrough' Cases, Research Suggests

KSFR | By Mary Lou Cooper
Published August 11, 2021 at 7:58 PM MDT
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The New Mexico Department of Health reports that although the risks are small, Johnson and Johnson vaccine breakthroughs were 50 percent more likely than Pfizer vaccine breakthroughs. 

So, what should those who got the J&J jab expect in the way of booster shots?  What is the future of the J&J vaccine?  

KSFR consumer reporter Mary Lou Cooper talks with Dr. Laura Parajon, Deputy Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health, to get the answers.

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Editor's note: The New Mexico Department of Health reached out to KSFR to correct the COVID-19 vaccine-specific rates published with the original podcast. This post now reflects this change. 
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Mary Lou Cooper
Mary Lou Cooper reports on consumer issues for KSFR as well as on politics and elder affairs. She has worked for the U.S. Congress as well as for the Nevada and Tennessee legislatures, and remains a political junkie. She worked many years for an association of Western state legislatures and was a contributor to “Capitol Ideas,” a national magazine about state government. In 2016 Cooper received a public service award from the New Mexico Broadcasting Association for her KSFR story on Internet romance scams. She has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and from the National Federation of Press Women. She grew up in Oak Ridge, TN and received her BA from Emory University in Atlanta and her MA from the University of Texas Austin. She also holds fiction and screenwriting certificates from the University of Washington.
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