ST MARTIN, Mississippi – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is analyzing a case in Mississippi related to the recent uncertainty surrounding the safety of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Initially, federal officials reported that they were investigating the possibility that J & J’s vaccine could contribute to unusual blood clots that occur in six women, six to 13 days after being vaccinated.
But now a man from Mississippi who received the J&J vaccination during the week of April 5 is also being studied.
WWL-TV reported that Brad Malagarie, a 43-year-old father of seven from St. Martin, had a stroke three hours after being vaccinated.
It is important to note that at present no connection has been made with the vaccine, but that the CDC is investigating the matter.
Malagarie was working at his D’Iberville office when he decided to walk away and get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Hours later, he returned to work and shortly thereafter responded to his desk.
His aunt, who is also his manager at work, Celete Foster O’Keefe, said: “They called me and said he had the vaccine and that something was wrong, we think it’s a stroke.”
WWL-TV reports that Brad is still recovering in Ochsner Hospital and doctors say the stroke was caused by a blood clot in the main artery that carries oxygen to the brain.
Although CDC officials have yet to confirm any link between the vaccine and the stroke, the Malagarie family believes the J&J shot is responsible for the 43-year-old’s condition.
“He’s a young, healthy 43-year-old, and I thought about it right away, and I said you should tell the doctors that he took the J&J vaccine and that it caused me the stroke,” he said. said Foster O ‘. Keefe said.
She added that Malagaria does have high blood pressure, which is a risk factor for a stroke.
In a critical but stable condition, the father of seven was allegedly paralyzed on one side.
Describing his physical and emotional condition, his aunt said, ‘He can’t talk right now and he can’t walk. He is paralyzed on the right side. He knows who we are and he will only cry when he sees us. At least he wants to be able to communicate, walk and talk again, even if it’s not perfect. ‘
According to WWL-TV, the Mississippi Department of Health and the Tulane vaccine, dr. Lisa Morici, together that Malagarie’s case is apparently completely different from the six J&J cases that the CDC is investigating.
While the case of Malagaria had a stroke that occurred within three hours of vaccination, all the women in the cases studied by the CDC experienced a rare clotting disorder in the brain that occurred a week to two after vaccination.
WWL-TV reports that 32 strokes have been reported to the CDC after one of the three COVID vaccines, that is, after nearly 200 million doses were given.