Halting the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccine distribution has cut deeply into the public trust of their safety. (NY Times)

The vaccine pause of 2 different manufacturers is unfortunate but the effort to vaccine the population must continue in order to finally defeat the Coronavirus. The vaccines that have been temporarily discontinued have exceedingly rare side effects but through an abundance of caution they were stopped. Hopefully, the scientific evidence will come forward that the vaccines are safe and effective. Unfortunately, the perception that the vaccines are unsafe may take on a life of its own and jeopardize the effort to inoculate enough people to gain herd immunity. Let’s hope not!