If the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is more readily available to you, will you take it instead of the Pfizer or Moderna?

I don’t expect to have a choice and will be happy to get any of the vaccines.

What @Call_Me_Jay said.

@JLeslie are you being offered a choice where you are?

@canidmajor People can choose whether to go to a location giving Moderna or Pfizer. Each location seems to have one of the other.

No choice for me – my first shot was Moderna so my second one has to be, too.

I wouldn’t have chose J&J anyway because of their lower percentage.

I’m a Moderna girl now. I think I would have gone with the first one who offered to take me home in any case; I’m easy when it comes to lifesaving measures.

And here in NJ, you are lucky to get an appointment and when you do, you get what they give you.

Also, with J&J only needed on shot means you’re protected sooner.

@janbb I’m not so sure we are protected sooner since we have some protection after the Pfizer and after the Moderna first shot. Supposedly, with Moderna you are 80% protected after the first shot. I don’t know if that translated to zero hospitalizations though like the J&J. Makes me wonder if they will ever test a J&J booster in the future.

@JLeslie I think that a lot of those statistical projections are estimates (and perhaps some wishful thinking), because I don’t believe there are enough studies on long term immunity just yet.

We are not offered a choice.

@elbanditoroso I also think the statistics don’t really “mean much.” I put it in quotes, because I do believe they create immunity and I am completely on board with getting vaccinated, but I think we will know much more over the next year about immunity from the vaccines. I know Moderna and J&J did phase testing here where I live and we had extremely low cases during the time of testing, so the chances of someone catching covid was low. Since they were not purposely trying to infect people, I am not sure how accurate the immunity evaluations can be.

It’s free so I’ll take whatever they give me.

My doctor recommended I wait for J&J (if I have a choice) because of my medical history and reactions to medications/foods. Apparently it has less additives or adjuvants, I don’t recall the details. But she is under the impression that I would be likely to have a reaction to one of the others.

Any vaccine is better than no vaccine.