At least two dozen Ohio State and other students who got vaccinated at the Schottenstein Center over the weekend fainted after they got the Johnson & Johnson shot. Dr. Jim Allen of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center said he thinks it鈥檚 due to lack of proper hydration, not the vaccine.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 the J&J,鈥� Allen, a pulmonologist, said. 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 who鈥檚 getting the J&J.鈥�
Allen is reminding students and others that they need to drink water and eat something before getting vaccinated. He estimated that about two dozen people between 17 and 22-years-old fainted on Saturday at the university's vaccine clinic after getting the Johnson & Johnson shot.
鈥淢ostly younger people, mostly students who were having faints after they would get their vaccine,鈥� Allen said. 鈥淎nd I talked to every single one of them and the common thread was 'I didn鈥檛 eat breakfast' and 'I didn鈥檛 have anything to drink before I came over here.'"
Allen added that younger people are more likely to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which only needs one dose.
鈥淲e always have a physician trained in advance cardiac support at all of our vaccine clinics and by far and away the most common thing I was prescribing on Saturday was bottles of water and cookies,鈥� Allen said.
