TAMPA. Fla. — The pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will likely be lifted this coming week, according to White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci.

What You Need To Know

  • Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine administration paused as link to blood clots investigated

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee to take up the issue this week 

  • Dr. Anthony Fauci anticipates administration of the vaccine will resume "in some form by Friday"

  • Only six cases of blood clots reported; millions of Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses administered

That's good news, according to doctors at Health Matters Pharmacy, who say people still prefer to get the one-shot vaccine.

The East Tampa facility usually would open up to people waiting in their cars to get the vaccine. But since they stopped carrying the J&J shot, it's been quieter.

“Some of our patients canceled their appointments and others kept them," Dr. Vondalyn Wright said.

Health Matters and many other places stopped using J&J after the CDC and the FDA paused use of the vaccine to examine rare cases of blood clots in six women after receiving it — after nearly 7 million people had gotten the vaccine.

When doctors called patients to switch to the two-dose Moderna vaccine, Wright said a lot of people said no.

“Oh yeah, a lot of people want that one and done," Wright said. "Even with the new news of the blood clots, they still wanted to get that vaccination.” 

“We look at data and we say  these two shots are highly effective and this is the lowest effective based on rates," said Ashley Foxworth, who received the J&J vaccine. "But with Johnson and Johnson, I am more trusting with the company because of how it was developed.” 

The clots were found in six women between the ages of 18 and 48. One person died.

Fauci says it's highly unlikely the vaccine will be halted permanently, but the move did cause swift action elsewhere in the world.

Advisers to the CDC are expected to meet Friday to discuss the vaccine.