Why it's so hard to review the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Coronavirus cases are rising across the US 

Sponsored by Deloitte The Download Your daily dose of what's up in emerging technology Vaccine data gaps 04.15.21 Good morning! Today: why it's so difficult for US regulators to review the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and coronavirus cases are rising across America. Get your friends to sign up here to get The Download every day. Why it's so hard to review the Johnson & Johnson vaccine   What’s happening: The future of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine is in limbo while US regulators gather and review data on side effects—rare blood clots in the brain. The review will take at least a week. The goal is to work out who might be most at risk of complications, and how that compares to the risk of catching and spreading covid. The clots appear very similar to ones associated with AstraZeneca’s covid vaccine, which many European countries have limited or even stopped using. The outcome for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the US may end up being similar to that for AstraZeneca in the EU, where several countries have adopted tiered recommendations, with different vaccines offered to different age groups. The difficulty: The reviewers have a tough job on their hands, for a simple reason: data. Or specifically, a lack of it. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine counts for only 7.5 million of America’s 195 million shots delivered. But the real issue is that the US doesn’t have a national healthcare system, so there’s no comprehensive way to assess risks and benefits for different groups who have received the vaccine. Instead, regulators hope clinicians will hear about the pause and proactively report cases they hadn’t previously connected to vaccinations. Read the full story. —Cat Ferguson We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction in these weird times. 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The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Coronavirus cases are rising across the US We cannot rely exclusively on vaccines to get the virus under control. (Axios)   + Denmark has abandoned the AstraZeneca vaccine. (BBC)   + The last time a vaccine saved America. (New Yorker $)   + Hygiene theater isn't a victimless crime. (The Atlantic $)   + The challenges of unravelling long covid. (Gizmodo)   + South Africa is once again having to pause use of a vaccine it had bet on. (NYT $)  2 The EU is seeking to ban certain uses of AI  Draft legislation would outlaw the use of AI for social scoring or indiscriminate surveillance. (BBC)   + Twitter is going to study harms caused by its algorithm. (Forbes)  3 It's becoming harder to ignore bitcoin Coinbase's IPO is a clear sign that cryptocurrencies are now firmly in the mainstream of the finance industry. (Recode)   + Coinbase is worth more than oil giant BP. (BBC)   + Still, there are risks ahead. (NBC)   + Dogecoin is still going strong. (Wired $)  4 We now know how the FBI hacked into the San Bernardino shooter's phone By turning to a little-known Australian firm called Azimuth, which is now at the center of an epic legal battle between Apple and the FBI. (WP $)    + The FBI has been hacking into US companies running insecure versions of Microsoft software in order to fix them. (The Guardian)  5 Instagram will let you hide likes Facebook, its parent, will shortly follow. (TechCrunch)   + Instagram had to say sorry for promoting harmful diet content. (BBC)   + Ireland is investigating the Facebook data leak. (TechCrunch)  6 Can justice be done on Zoom? ⚖️ A consensus is emerging as to what virtual courts should and shouldn’t do post-pandemic. (The Atlantic $)   + Logging in to get kicked out: Inside America’s virtual eviction crisis. (TR)  7 Robots are not humans 🤖 The case for thinking of them more like animals. (Wired UK)   8 We deserve better than Elon Musk His worldview is profoundly dystopian, and risks warping and limiting our ability to improve the future. (Current Affairs)   9 Humans forget that less is often more When solving problems, we are biased towards adding rather than subtracting. (The Economist $)   10 Facebook apologized for shutting down a French town's page 🇫🇷 Its algorithms didn't like the name: Bitche. (The Guardian) Are you intellectually curious? Tech-obsessed? We are too.   Get an insightful look into the technology of the future without getting bogged down by the jargon. Subscribe to MIT Technology Review today (subscriptions start at just $50 per year). Quote of the Day “Identifying someone’s gender by looking at them and not talking to them is sort of like asking what does the smell of blue taste like. The issue is not so much that your answer is wrong as your question doesn’t make any sense.” —Os Keyes, a gender and technology researcher, tells The Verge why automatic gender recognition tech should be banned. Top image credit: PAUL HENNESSY, SIPA USA VIA AP IMAGES Please send flâneurs to hi@technologyreview.com. Follow me on Twitter at @charlottejee. Thanks for reading! —Charlotte Was this newsletter forwarded to you, and you'd like to see more? Sign up today Leading a forever-changed workforce Join us virtually | June 8-10, 2021 Register now Follow us: MIT Technology Review One Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142

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