The FDA paused Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine after reports of rare blood clots. Six cases out of nearly seven million doses.
For a country desperate to vaccinate, the pause feels like a gut punch. But transparency is the only way to build trust. The danger isn’t the pause. The danger is the spin — conspiracy merchants already shouting “See? It was all a hoax.”
Science admits uncertainty. Politics sells certainty, even when it’s false. That’s the gap we’re living in.